Obit: Hoffman, Uldine M. #2 (1919 - 2009)
Contact: R. Lipprandt
Email: bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Flagstad, Hoffman, Hoyland, Martin, Myer, Niemeyer, Schnelle, Zinsli

----Source: The Record Review (Abbotsford, Clark Co., WI), Wednesday, May 13, 2009, Online Edition

Hoffman, Uldine M. (Schnelle) (October 30, 1919 - May 7, 2009)

Uldine M. Hoffman, 89, resident of the Cornell Area Care Center, died Thursday at Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire.

Funeral services were held Monday, May 11 at the Borton Funeral Home in Cornell. Burial will be in the Ebenezer United Church of Christ Cemetery on Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. in rural Stratford.

Borton Funeral Home, Cornell assisted the family with arrangements.

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----Source: The Chippewa Falls Herald (Chippewa, Chippewa Co., WI), Saturday, May 8, 2009, Online Edition

EAU CLAIRE — Uldine M. Hoffman, 89, resident of the Cornell Area Care Center, passed away Thursday, May 7, 2009, at Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire.

She was born in Stratford on Oct. 30, 1919, to August and Pauline (Myer) Schnelle.

She was raised on a farm in Stratford and graduated from the Stratford High School.

During that time, she and a friend entertained at many civic functions and barn dances.

Uldine could yodel, and she and her friend were invited to perform in Chicago on the WLS Radio station.

After high school, Uldine attended beauty school in Milwaukee. Throughout her life she worked as a beautician and also taught cosmetology.

Uldine married Clarence Hoffman in May of 1939 in Iowa. Together they built Hoffman’s Beauty and Barber Shop in Cornell.

Uldine was a very active person and was a wonderful seamstress. She had made over 100 quilts for family and friends. She loved to play bridge, and she and Clarence were active members of the First Presbyterian Church in Cornell.

Survivors include: three daughters, Bonnie (Richard) Zinsli in Cornell, Betty (Bud) Flagstad of East Bethel, Minn., and Beverly Hoffman of Little Canada, Minn.; one brother Norman (Edna) Schnelle of Wausau; seven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by: her parents; husband; one son, Clarence Hoffman Jr.; one granddaughter, Lisa Hoyland; one sister, Joyce Niemeyer; and two companions, Glen Martin and Elmer Hoffman.

Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday, May 11 at the Borton Funeral Home in Cornell.

Friends may call one hour prior to services on Monday at the funeral home.

Burial will be in the Ebenezer United Church of Christ Cemetery Tuesday at 2 p.m. in rural Stratford.