Ella Hoffstetter

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Ella G. Hoffstetter, 85, formerly of Perryville died Monday, Dec. 6, 2004, at the University Nursing and Rehab Center in Edwardsville, Ill.

She was born July 22, 1919, at Minnith, Mo., daughter of James F. and Minnie A. Carson Boland. She and Harry G. Hoffstetter were married Aug. 3, 1944. He died July 23, 1999.

Hoffstetter had been personnel supervisor at the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve District 2 and U.S. Army Record Center. She was a 1937 graduate of Perryville High School. Hoffstetter was a member of Lutheran Women Missionary League and National Association of Retired Federal Employees.

Survivors include a son, the Rev. Gary Hoffstetter of Gordonville; a daughter, Janet Thomas of Edwardsville; three grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; a great-grandson; and three great-stepgrandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a sister and a half brother.

Friends may call at Young and Sons Funeral Home from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, and Thursday from 6:30 a.m. to service time.

The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Hoffstetter officiating. Burial will be in Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery.