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Joyce Janice Jibben Hofer

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Birth	:	2 Dec 1932 Turner County, South Dakota, USA
Death	:	6 Oct 2020 Rehoboth Beach, Sussex County, Delaware, USA
Burial	:	Turner County First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Davis, Turner County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.3016205, -96.9447327
Description	:	Joyce Janice Hofer died peacefully in the early morning of October 6 in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, at the home of her oldest son. She had been in hospice care there since September 30, after a brief hospitalization in Annapolis, Maryland. She was 87 years old. Prior to her hospitalization, she had been a resident at Spring Arbor, an assisted living and memory care facility in Crofton, Maryland, since November, 2019. She moved to Spring Arbor from Mountain Home, Arkansas, after the death of her husband Sam. Joyce was born in 1932 on her family's farm near Davis, South... Read More	Joyce Janice Hofer died peacefully in the early morning of October 6 in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, at the home of her oldest son. She had been in hospice care there since September 30, after a brief hospitalization in Annapolis, Maryland. She was 87 years old. Prior to her hospitalization, she had been a resident at Spring Arbor, an assisted living and memory care facility in Crofton, Maryland, since November, 2019. She moved to Spring Arbor from Mountain Home, Arkansas, after the death of her husband Sam. Joyce was born in 1932 on her family's farm near Davis, South Dakota, the third and last child of Christopher Jibben and Johanna Jibben, nee Nutbrock. Her father, a veteran of WWI who served in France, died when Joyce was a child. Her family moved into Lennox, South Dakota, where Joyce graduated from Lennox High School. She then completed her training as a registered nurse at Augustana University in Sioux Falls. While working at Sioux Valley Hospital, she met a young minister, Samuel Hofer, who would become her lifelong companion. They married at a country church in Turner County on June 16, 1954, and remained a couple for 65 years until Sam's death in 2019. Together they moved to the east coast where Sam continued his education and served churches in the Philadelphia area, eventually becoming chaplain at Fredonia State University in upstate New York. Joyce continued to work as a nurse. Joyce gave burth to their first child, Paul, while living in Fredonia. Together they moved to Nebraska City, Nebraska, in 1957, where Sam would serve as minister to the First Presbyterian Church for the next 33 years. Joyce was active as Sunday and Bible School teacher, choir member, and women's group member. She enjoyed bowling, crafts, and her membership in the PEO sorority. She also worked as a nurse at Nebraska City Manor, a nursing facility, where she paid forward the care she herself would need in the last years of her life. While in Nebraska City, Joyce gave birth to two more sons; Chris in 1959, and John in 1966. Following Sam's retirement from Nebraska City in 1990, they moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas, where Sam became part-time pastor at the 101 Presbyterian Church in Gamalia, where he ministered for another 14 years. Joyce lived in Mountain Home with Sam until his death In September, 2019. She then moved back east to Spring Arbor, near her sons Chris and Paul. She was transferred to the memory care cottage in April, in the midst of the pandemic. Joyce loved food, but in September her appetite began to fail and she no longer walked on her own. After two visits to the Anne Arundel Medical Center for tests and observation, and in accordance with her living will, her doctors and family decided that transfer to hospice care at her son's home was the best remaining option. Joyce was preceeded in death by her beloved mother Johanna, who died at age 103, and by her brother Harold and sister Iva. She is survived by her three sons: Paul, of Washington, DC; Chris and his wife Kelly Vinopal, of Crofton, Maryland, and granddaughter Kate, a junior at Cornell University; and John and his wife Elisa Randazzo, of Los Angeles, California, and their daughter Verona, a fourth-grade student at the Waldorf School of Pasadena. Joyce was cremated according to her long-standing wishes. She will be interred next to her husband and mother in the graveyard of the Turner County First Presbyterian Church, in the fertile fields of South Dakota. The Lennox Independent - Oct 15, 2020, pg. 4

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Joyce Janice Jibben Hofer's memorial is located at: Turner County First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Davis, Turner County, USA.
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Joyce Janice Jibben Hofer death on 6 Oct 2020 in Rehoboth Beach, Sussex County, Delaware, USA
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Latitude: 43.3016205
Longitude: -96.9447327

Family Members:

Parent

Christopher F. Jibben

(1890 - 1940)

Johanna Nuttbrock Jibben

(1896 - 1999)

Spouse

Rev Samuel Wilbert Hofer

(1925 - 2019)

Siblings

Harold Fredrick Jibben

(1921 - 2004)

Iva Syrene Jibben Oltmanns

(1927 - 2020)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Turner County First Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Davis, Turner County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3016205, -96.9447327

2. Chancellor Reformed Cemetery
Chancellor, Turner County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3442001, -96.9646988

3. Davis Cemetery
Davis, Turner County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2644005, -96.9903030

4. Lennox Cemetery
Lennox, Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3418999, -96.9041977

5. Delaware Reformed Cemetery
Lennox, Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2573509, -96.8887863

6. West Prairie Lutheran Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.3014900, -96.8480800

7. Melhus Cemetery
Turner County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2285995, -96.9246979

8. Mount Olivet Cemetery
Lennox, Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3516884, -96.8560791

9. Frieling Cemetery
Turner County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2186012, -96.9816971

10. Chancellor Baptist Cemetery
Chancellor, Turner County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3964005, -96.9741974

11. Hurley Cemetery
Hurley, Turner County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2743988, -97.0982971

12. Forever Friends Pet Cemetery and Memorial Park
Worthing, Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3446000, -96.7975100

13. Germantown Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Chancellor, Turner County, USA
Coordinate: 43.4170990, -96.9645996

14. Saint Edwards Cemetery
Worthing, Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3300018, -96.7863998

15. Hattervig Cemetery
Turner County, USA
Coordinate: 43.1925011, -97.0438995

16. Worthing Cemetery
Worthing, Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3236008, -96.7658005

17. Mount Zion Cemetery
Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate: 43.1716995, -96.9105988

18. Faith LaValley Cemetery
Lennox, Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3750992, -96.7880020

19. Swan Lake Catholic Cemetery
Turner County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2567700, -97.1251300

20. Norwegian Pioneer Lutheran Cemetery
Chancellor, Turner County, USA
Coordinate: 43.4468994, -96.9539032

21. Evangelical Cemetery
Turner County, USA
Coordinate: 43.1569950, -96.9931519

22. Baptist Cemetery
Viborg, Turner County, USA
Coordinate: 43.1702000, -97.0512000

23. Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
Tea, Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate: 43.4229300, -96.8063000

24. Grace Lutheran Cemetery
Turner County, USA
Coordinate: 43.1489100, -97.0034000