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Johnnie Melvin Hofer

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Birth	:	21 Oct 1923
Death	:	7 Oct 2020 Huron, Beadle County, South Dakota, USA
Burial	:	Restlawn Memory Gardens, Huron, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate	:	44.2755080, -98.2158890
Description	:	Johnnie Melvin Hofer was born October 21, 1923, to Jacob S. and Mary E. (Wipf) Hofer at the family farm, in Beadle County, eighteen miles North of Huron. He attended country grade school and Hitchcock High School. On March 6, 1945, Johnnie married Elvina Kleinsasser at the Hofer family farm. They had four sons, twin boys, Ronald and Donald; (Donald died shortly after birth); Dennis and Reginald. Johnnie and Elvina farmed 20 miles North of Huron from 1945 to 1962. In 1962, they moved to the farm where Johnnie grew up. Along with farming corn, oats and... Read More	Johnnie Melvin Hofer was born October 21, 1923, to Jacob S. and Mary E. (Wipf) Hofer at the family farm, in Beadle County, eighteen miles North of Huron. He attended country grade school and Hitchcock High School. On March 6, 1945, Johnnie married Elvina Kleinsasser at the Hofer family farm. They had four sons, twin boys, Ronald and Donald; (Donald died shortly after birth); Dennis and Reginald. Johnnie and Elvina farmed 20 miles North of Huron from 1945 to 1962. In 1962, they moved to the farm where Johnnie grew up. Along with farming corn, oats and wheat, Johnnie and Elvina also milked cows. They milked cows for 40 years, from 1945 until 1985. Johnnie and Elvina retired in 1987, and in 1989 moved to their home on Lawnridge Avenue in Huron. They lived there until 2017, when they moved to assisted living. When living in Huron, Johnnie worked at UBC Lumber from 1990 until 2004. Through their 75 years of marriage, Johnnie and Elvina were active members in their church activities at Prairie Bible Church near Carpenter, and at Mt. Olivet Church in Huron. Their faith in God has been a prominent part of their lives. He was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Donald Hofer; one daughter-in-law, Diana Hofer; one grandson, Jay Ryan Hofer; one great-granddaughter, Alexis White; four brothers and their wives, Jake and Rosie, Eli and Ruth, Dave and Gladys and Martin and VeAnna, one sister and her husband, Mary and Jake Tschetter; one brother Richard; and one sister-in-law, Ruth Hofer.

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Johnnie Melvin Hofer's memorial is located at: Restlawn Memory Gardens, Huron, Beadle County, USA.
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Johnnie Melvin Hofer death on 7 Oct 2020 in Huron, Beadle County, South Dakota, USA
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Latitude: 44.2755080
Longitude: -98.2158890

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Elvina Kleinsasser Hofer

(1923 - 2022)

Siblings

David J. Hofer

(1928 - 2020)

Martin E. Hofer

(1932 - 1981)

Richard E. Hofer

(1934 - 2001)

Children

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Restlawn Memory Gardens
Huron, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2755080, -98.2158890

2. Ideal Cemetery
Huron, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3363991, -98.1952972

3. Riverside Cemetery
Huron, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3396988, -98.1971970

4. Saint Martins Cemetery
Huron, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3410988, -98.1830978

5. Aquilla Cemetery
Sanborn County, USA
Coordinate: 44.1963997, -98.2313995

6. Robeson Family Cemetery
Huron, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3787360, -98.2964300

7. Rest Haven Cemetery
Alpena, Jerauld County, USA
Coordinate: 44.1775017, -98.3563995

8. Virgil Cemetery
Virgil, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2904800, -98.4176700

9. Bonny Cemetery
Sanborn County, USA
Coordinate: 44.1768000, -98.0505000

10. Cavour Cemetery
Cavour, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3776700, -98.0536700

11. Saint Patricks Cemetery
Cavour, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3782997, -98.0524979

12. Reformed Zoar Congregations Cemetery
Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.1972010, -98.4468940

13. Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
Belle Prairie Township, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2341003, -97.9559021

14. Shue Creek Cemetery
Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.4494019, -98.0725021

15. Silver Creek Cemetery
Silver Creek Township, Sanborn County, USA
Coordinate: 44.0764700, -98.1503700

16. Wolsey Cemetery
Wolsey, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.4000015, -98.4546967

17. Fairview Cemetery
Lane, Jerauld County, USA
Coordinate: 44.1122017, -98.4113998

18. Riverside Colony Cemetery
Riverside Colony, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.4837090, -98.1386260

19. Pearl Creek Colony Cemetery
Pearl Creek Colony, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3289110, -97.9165710

20. Eventide Cemetery
Woonsocket, Sanborn County, USA
Coordinate: 44.0600014, -98.2842026

21. Saint Wilfrid Cemetery
Woonsocket, Sanborn County, USA
Coordinate: 44.0602989, -98.2878036

22. Pioneers of 1882 Cemetery
Woonsocket, Sanborn County, USA
Coordinate: 44.0539060, -98.2914040

23. Saint Anthony's Catholic Cemetery
Sanborn County, USA
Coordinate: 44.1478400, -97.9504400

24. Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery
Wolsey, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3927994, -98.4985962