Wollmann, Mary E. Hofer (1922-2005)

Latest revision as of 12:09, 1 February 2011

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2005 Feb 21 p. 11

Birth date: 1922 Jul 9

text of obituary:

Mary E. Wollmann, 82, of Huron, S.D., and formerly of Carpenter, died Jan. 28, 2005, at Violet Tschetter Memorial Home. She was born July 9, 1922, to Joshua and Anna (Hofer) Hofer on a farm near Carpenter.

She attended rural school and graduated from Yale High School in 1940. She attended Huron College for two years and earned a teaching certificate.

She taught at Logan Consolidated School near Raymond for a year, at Yale for two years and one year at Liberty Township School.

She married Sam Wollmann on May 27, 1945, at Bethel Mennonite Brethren Church.

They served in Civilian Public Service in Montana, Colorado and Nebraska for 18 months. They then returned to the Yale area in 1947 and farmed on her family's farm for 50 years, retiring in 1997. In 1992 they moved off the farm to live on an acreage. Her physical health declined steadily the past four years. She was a member of Bethel Mennonite Brethren Church of rural Yale.

Survivors include her husband, Sam; a son, Daniel Wollman and his wife, Meredyth, of Nappanee, Ind.; a daughter, Barbara Jantz and her husband, Arlan, of Carpenter; two sisters, Ida Hohm of Yale and Goldie Wedel of Carpenter; a brother, Ben Hofer of Huron; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a brother-in-law, Palmer Wedel; and a sister-in-law, Elsie Hofer.

Funeral services were held at Bethel Mennonite Brethren Church. Burial was in the church cemetery.