Loyola Genevieve (McLaughlin) HOCRAFFER

HOCRAFFER, MCLAUGHLIN, DEHECK, KIDD, POMAJZL, WEBER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 11/28/2009 at 20:46:12

Loyola Genevieve Hocraffer, 92, of Clarion passed away Friday, November 6, 2009 at Wright Medical Center, Clarion. Funeral services were held Monday, November 9 at St. John's Catholic Church, Clarion with Father Nils Hernandez officiating. Burial was in St. John's Catholic Cemetery, Clarion. There was a scriptural wake service Sunday evening at the funeral home.

Loyola, the daughter of William and Catherine (DeHeck) McLaughlin was born April 9, 1917 on the family farm near Cummings, Iowa. As a child, her family moved to rural Belmond where she attended school and graduated from Belmond High School in 1934. Loyola attended Iowa State Teachers College and taught school for five years in rural Belmond schools. On June 28, 1941, Loyola was united in marriage with Donald Hocraffer. The couple made their home south of Clarion where they farmed and raised their six children. Loyola was a member of St. John's Catholic Church in Clarion , and her faith was very important to her. She also enjoyed gardening, crocheting, playing bridge, and reading.

Loyola is survived by six children: Richard (Denise) Hocraffer of Clarion; Mary Kay (Robert) Kidd of Cedar Rapids; Donna (Michael) Pomajzl of Boonville, Missouri; Edward Hocraffer of Clarion; William (Bonnalee) Hocraffer of Bonner Springs, Kansas; and Mark ( Michelle) Hocraffer of Cedar Rapids; ten grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; a sister, Kathryn Weber of Odessa, Washington; and numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends. Loyola was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Donald; seven brothers and two sisters.

Wright County Monitor, Clarion, Iowa
November 2009