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Myrtle Esther Clinesmith Hofacker

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Birth	:	16 Sep 1916 Wadsworth, Medina County, Ohio, USA
Death	:	29 Aug 2007 Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana, USA
Burial	:	Cleethorpes Cemetery, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire Unitary Authority, England
Coordinate	:	53.5553760, -0.0399990
Description	:	Myrtle E. Hofacker, 90, died peacefully at her home in Billings on Aug. 29, 2007. Myrtle was born on Sept. 16, 1916, in Wadsworth, Ohio, to Earl and Gertrude (Stackhouse) Clinesmith. She graduated from Chatham High School in 1934 with a class of 18. After high school, she left home for the adventures of nurses training. She earned her RN at Elyria, Memorial Hospital in 1938, and completed post-graduate work in obstetrics at the Margaret Hague Maternity Hospital in Jersey City, N.J., in 1940. After the outbreak of World War II, Myrtle enlisted in the Army Nurses Corp. Her first Army posting... Read More	Myrtle E. Hofacker, 90, died peacefully at her home in Billings on Aug. 29, 2007. Myrtle was born on Sept. 16, 1916, in Wadsworth, Ohio, to Earl and Gertrude (Stackhouse) Clinesmith. She graduated from Chatham High School in 1934 with a class of 18. After high school, she left home for the adventures of nurses training. She earned her RN at Elyria, Memorial Hospital in 1938, and completed post-graduate work in obstetrics at the Margaret Hague Maternity Hospital in Jersey City, N.J., in 1940. After the outbreak of World War II, Myrtle enlisted in the Army Nurses Corp. Her first Army posting was in Iceland, where out of thousands of soldiers, she met the love of her life, Signal Corp officer Roger A. Hofacker. A year later, on New Year's Eve 1943, she and Roger were engaged in London while on leave from their assignments in England. She served as a surgical nurse in a hospital in England prior to the D-Day and later at hospitals in and near Paris. After working half of her shift on June 15, 1945, Myrtle and Roger were married twice that day, once by the Army chaplain and again by the French authorities. After the war, they settled in Montana, where they lived in Helena, Lewistown, Livingston, Butte and Colstrip over the course of Roger's career with the Montana Power Company. Myrtle was active in the Presbyterian Church, living an example of Christian service. She also shared her talents with the PEO sisterhood. She took an active role in her children's activities and was an all-around great Mom. She was a very loyal friend, maintaining life-long friendships with grade school and high school classmates, Army colleagues, bridge-playing and camping friends. Roger retired in 1980, and he and Myrtle moved to Whitefish where they enjoyed hosting friends and family at their home on Whitefish Lake. They also spent much of their time traveling the world. In 2003, they moved to Billings. Roger passed away that October, and Myrtle spent her remaining years living independently in Billings near her son Michael. Visits from her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren brought her many happy hours. Myrtle is survived by her children, Michael (Margaret), Susan (John) Leland and Richard (Amy) and her grandchildren, Theresa (John) Kanji, David, Karen (Terry) Ray, Peter, Heather (Shane) Davis, Jennifer, Mark and Rachel, as well as four great-grandchildren, Isabella, Garet, Darien and Ethan. A memorial service will be held for Myrtle at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, at the First Presbyterian Church, 2420 13th St. W., Billings. Interment with military honors will follow at the Sunset Memorial Gardens. Memorials may be made to the Presbyterian Church, PEO or the charity of choice. Michelotti-Sawyers Mortuary has charge of arrangements. Condolences may be shared with the family by visiting

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Myrtle Esther Clinesmith Hofacker's memorial is located at: Cleethorpes Cemetery, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire Unitary Authority, England.
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Myrtle Esther Clinesmith Hofacker death on 29 Aug 2007 in Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana, USA
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Latitude: 53.5553760
Longitude: -0.0399990

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