SYRACUSE - Edith R. Hoffert, 89, of Pierceton, died at 2:25 p.m. Dec. 8, 2009, at Lakeland Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, Milford.
She was born Oct. 7, 1920, in Warsaw, to Fred M. and Margaret Sroufe Hoppas. On Oct. 7, 1939, in Winona Lake, she married Archie G. "Arch" Hoffert, who died July 21, 2009.
She graduated from Sidney High School in 1938. Moving to the North Webster/Pierceton area in 1949, she was a homemaker and assisted her husband on the family farm. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, Oswego, and a former member of Backwater Friends Home Economic Club, North Webster.
Surviving are two sons, Fredrick Douglas (and spouse Karen) Hoffert, Leesburg, and Thomas Lee (and spouse Patricia) Hoffert, Pierceton; five grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Calvary Baptist Church, Leesburg, with Pastor Rick Smith officiating. Burial will be in North Webster Cemetery, Mock Addition.
Calling is from 3 to 5 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, at Owen Family Funeral Home, Syracuse
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Memorials to Calvary Baptist Church or Wawasee Camp of the Gideons International, P.O. Box 101, Syracuse, IN 46565.
Condolences may be sent to www.owenfamilyfuneralhome.com
