Obit: Hoffman, Carolyn #4 (1870 - 1955)

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Surnames: Hoffman, Bachmeier, Irlbeck, Hiebsch, Kaufman, Stasek

----Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 02/17/1955

Hoffman, Carolyn #4 (28 NOV 1870 - 14 FEB 1955)

Mrs. Max Hoffman, Sr., 85, a Marshfield resident for many years, died at 6:30 a.m. Monday at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Hoffman, route 1, Colby.  She had been in poor health the past two years.

Funeral services were conducted were conducted at 9 a.m. this morning at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Colby with the Rev. Vincent Schwarze officiating.  Burial took place in Hillside Cemetery, Marshfield.

Mrs. Hoffman, formerly Carolyn Bachmeier, was born Nov. 28, 1870, in Bavaria, Germany, where she received her education.  At the age of 18 she came to the United States and settled in this city, where she was married on Nov. 19, 1890, at St. John’s Catholic Church to Frank Irlbeck of Iowa, whose death occurred in 1891.

Her second marriage took place on Sept. 5, 1892, at Sheboygan to Max Hoffman, whose death occurred Jan. 14, 1948.  Mr. Hoffman was employed here by the Roddis Lumber and Veneer Company and the Upham Manufacturing Company.  For 20 years the couple farmed in the town of Richfield, Dorchester and Colby, returning here in 1941.  They resided at 115 W. Grant St. 

Mrs. Hoffman lived in this city until February 1954.  She made her home with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hiebsch, at Owen (Clark Co., Wis.) until July 5, 1954, when she came to live with Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Hoffman, route 1, Colby.

She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and the Christian Mother’s Society, both of Colby, and of the Altar Society of St. John’s Catholic Church here.

She is survived by five sons, George Hoffman, Abbotsford; Max Hoffman, Stetsonville; and Alfred and Joseph Hoffman, both of Marshfield; and Edmund Hoffman, route 1, Colby; three daughters, Mrs. Ed (Francis) Kauffman, Marshfield; Mrs. Emil (Mary) Stasek, Athens; and Mrs. Joseph (Margaret) Hiebsch, Owen; two brothers in German, 29 grandchildren and …(the rest of my copy was cut off)