Mildred Marie (Brones) HOEFT

HOEFT, BRONES, FELLAND, PFLEGER, WESSELS, HENN, ABELE, CHRISTENSON, BASHAM, TEGLAND, DONTJE, MITCHELL, MCLAUGHLIN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/4/2009 at 09:27:42

Mildred M. Hoeft, 92, Belmond, died Monday, February 2, 2009 at the Belmond Medical Center. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Belmond United Methodist Church with Rev. Mike Druhl officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Forest City. Visitation will from from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at Andrews Funeral Home in Belmond and one hour prior to the service at the church Thursday.

Mildred Marie, the daughter of Nathan and Malena (Felland) Brones, was born July 6, 1916 on her parent's farm near Forest City, one of nine children. She attended rural school in Mt. Valley Township. Mildred married Victor Fred Hoeft on February 1, 1936 at Mason City, and they farmed for a time in Iowa before moving to farm near Leroy, MN. After three years they returned to Iowa and farmed near Lake Mills, Thompson and Scarville for 27 years. Mildred was a lifelong homemaker, loving wife and partner in the farming operation. She was a devoted mother to her three sons and two daughters. Following her husband's death on July 11, 1973 Mildred moved to an acreage near Forest City for five years before moving to Belmond in 1979. She lived for the past four years at the Belmond Community Apartments. Mildred was a member of the Belmond United Methodist Church and belonged to the Rebecca Circle. She looked forward to her Monday morning coffee gatherings and enjoyed other activities at the Community Apartments. Mildred enjoyed reading and playing cards with her many friends. She looked forward to family gatherings, especially the Hoeft and Brones family reunions. In later years she spent part of the winter in the Brownsville, TX area.

Mildred was preceded in death by her parents; husband; son Darold in 1947; great grandson Zackery Christenson; brothers Lyle, Stanley, Harold, Archie and Palmer; sisters Alpha, Gladys and Margaret; and a son-in-law LuVerne Wessels. Survivors include sons Duane (Mary) Hoeft of Marshalltown and Arlo Hoeft of Klemme; daughters Elaine Wessels and her special friend Al McLaughlin, and Karen Christenson, all of Belmond; brother-in-law Clyde Mitchell and sister-in-law Lydia Hoeft, both of Lake Placid, FL; grandchildren Dwight Wessels of Goodell, Duane (Barbara) Wessels of Belmond, Lila (Chad) Pfleger of Knoxville, TN, Jason (Jennifer) Wessels of Nevada,, Lynne (Nathan) Henn of Des Moines, Greg Hoeft of Boston, MA, Teresa Hoeft of Chandler, AZ, Trudy Hoeft and special friend Scott Basham of Chandler, Kim Christenson and special friend Tim Tegland of Garner, Kelly Christenson and special friend Tiffany Dontje of Britt, Kurt Christenson, currently stationed in Iraq, and Cody and Jesse Hoeft of Belmond; and great grandchildren Bradley (Amanda) Wessels, Luke, Matthew and Johnathan Pfleger, Elizabeth, Megan and Ryan Wessels, Johnathan Henn, Ty and Brock Abele, and Donivan Christenson.

02/03/2009
Belmond Independent - Iowa