Anna Schoff 1873-1963

SCHOFF, SCHOEN

Posted By: Sharon Elijah (email)
Date: 7/5/2021 at 10:20:48

September 26, 1963 - Monticello Express

WYOMING - Funeral services for Mrs. Albert (Anna) Schoff, 90, were held Wednesday, Sept. 18, at Hayden Funeral home, Wyoming, with Rev. Robert Ahrens in charge. Interment was in Busch cemetery in Lost Nation.

Anna Sophia Schoff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schoen, was born June 30, 1873, at Lost Nation. She attended the country schools and was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran church at Lost Nation. In 1894 she was united in marriage to Albert Schoff. They lived on a farm near Lost Nation for a number of years.

In 1914 they moved to Ward, S.D. where they continued to farm. They returned to Wyoming in 1923 when they moved into the house which was the family home until recently. Mr. Schoff died in 1954.

In failing health for some years, she spent the past two years in the nursing home at Oxford Jct. until returning to her former home in Wyoming on June 27 where she was cared for by Mr. and Mrs. Dale Leitz. She died there Sept. 15.

Besides her parents and husband, one sister and one brother preceded her in death.

Surviving her are her two sons, Lorenz of Pico Rivera, Calif., and Walter of Sioux Falls, S.D.; four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.