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Valeria Joyce Cooke Hoffman-Shaw

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Birth	:	4 May 1915 Beaver County, Oklahoma, USA
Death	:	13 Feb 2018 Haysville, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
Burial	:	Halstead Cemetery, Halstead, Harvey County, USA
Coordinate	:	38.0264015, -97.4989014
Description	:	VALERIA JOYCE (COOKE) HOFFMAN SHAW, 102 years of age, passed away on Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at her daughter’s home in Haysville, KS. She was born in rural Beaver County, Oklahoma to Clarence Elmer Cooke and Edith Pearl (Turpin) Cooke. Her dad was a railroad man so her family moved a lot. Joyce started school in Perryton, Texas. At the age of 9 they moved to her grandparents’ home southeast of Homewood, Kansas, where she remembered walking to school in the winter in all kinds of weather. She finished her formal schooling in Burrton, Kansas. In 1932, she married Gilbert... Read More	VALERIA JOYCE (COOKE) HOFFMAN SHAW, 102 years of age, passed away on Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at her daughter’s home in Haysville, KS. She was born in rural Beaver County, Oklahoma to Clarence Elmer Cooke and Edith Pearl (Turpin) Cooke. Her dad was a railroad man so her family moved a lot. Joyce started school in Perryton, Texas. At the age of 9 they moved to her grandparents’ home southeast of Homewood, Kansas, where she remembered walking to school in the winter in all kinds of weather. She finished her formal schooling in Burrton, Kansas. In 1932, she married Gilbert Hoffman and raised a family of 4 girls and 3 sons. Later, she went to work in Wichita, KS first at the Southwestern Grease Co., then as a nurse’s aide, and then at the Union Depot until it closed. Last place of employment until her retirement was at ‘Betty’s Coffee Pot for 8 years. At the age 62, her children encouraged her to retire, at which time she did and then moved to Ottawa, KS to assist her sister Frances in caring for their mother. Joyce loved writing poetry, of which some of her poems were made into songs. She also enjoyed crafts such as making wall hangings, pillows, embroidering pillow cases and tea towels as gifts for her family, she collected salt and pepper shakers and bird figurines. She loved to travel with family and friends, of which going to the casino was part of many of their trips. Most of all she treasured her family and time with them. She is survived by her children - Shirley Rafferty and LeRoy Hoffman of Waco, Texas, Zella and her husband (Gary) Bazil of Haysville, Kansas, Sharon Adams and Ella Mae Yager of Wichita, Kansas; 16 grandchildren, 42 great grandchildren, 19 great-great grandchildren, 1 great-great-great granddaughter; many other family and friends. She was preceded in death by her husbands Gilbert Hoffman and Benny Shaw, sons Willis Dean Hoffman and Gene Hoffman, parents Clarence and Edith and step-father Earl Stevenson, brothers Charles, Howard and Marion Cooke, sister Francis Shaw and daughter-in-law Billie Hoffman.

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Valeria Joyce Cooke Hoffman-Shaw's memorial is located at: Halstead Cemetery, Halstead, Harvey County, USA.
When did Valeria Joyce Cooke Hoffman-Shaw death?
Valeria Joyce Cooke Hoffman-Shaw death on 13 Feb 2018 in Haysville, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
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Latitude: 38.0264015
Longitude: -97.4989014

Family Members:

Parent

Edith Pearl Turpin Stevenson

(1888 - 1984)

Spouse

Gilbert Charles “Gib” Hoffman

(1913 - 1973)

Siblings

Frances W Cooke Shaw

(1912 - 2000)

Children

Willis Dean Hoffman

(1936 - 1952)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Halstead Cemetery
Halstead, Harvey County, USA
Coordinate: 38.0264015, -97.4989014

2. Halstead Cemetery Mausoleum
Halstead, Harvey County, USA
Coordinate: 38.0287000, -97.5002400

3. Old Halstead Cemetery
Harvey County, USA
Coordinate: 38.0067350, -97.5297160

4. Fairview Cemetery
Harvey County, USA
Coordinate: 38.0574100, -97.5186100

5. Garden View Mennonite Church Cemetery
Hesston, Harvey County, USA
Coordinate: 38.0874400, -97.5128900

6. Kemper Cemetery
Sedgwick, Harvey County, USA
Coordinate: 37.9993600, -97.4228800

7. Restlawn Gardens of Memory Cemetery
Newton, Harvey County, USA
Coordinate: 38.0275002, -97.4075012

8. Church of God of the Firstborn Cemetery
Harvey County, USA
Coordinate: 38.0142400, -97.4073500

9. Royer Cemetery
Newton, Harvey County, USA
Coordinate: 38.0139008, -97.4068985

10. Church of God of The Firstborn Cemetery
Emma Township, Harvey County, USA
Coordinate: 38.0940100, -97.4269800

11. Garden Valley Cemetery
Harvey County, USA
Coordinate: 38.1232147, -97.4998856

12. Farnsworth-Cook Cemetery
Halstead, Harvey County, USA
Coordinate: 38.1233600, -97.4992200

13. Garden Community Church Cemetery
Halstead, Harvey County, USA
Coordinate: 38.1225900, -97.5188600

14. Faith Mennonite Church Columbarium
Newton, Harvey County, USA
Coordinate: 38.0672700, -97.3547700

15. Eastlawn Cemetery
Zimmerdale, Harvey County, USA
Coordinate: 38.1151100, -97.3902900

16. Irons Farm Cemetery
Bentley, Sedgwick County, USA
Coordinate: 37.9072300, -97.5433100

17. Saint Matthew's Episcopal Church Columbarium
Newton, Harvey County, USA
Coordinate: 38.0663870, -97.3486940

18. Hesston Cemetery
Hesston, Harvey County, USA
Coordinate: 38.1448900, -97.4402400

19. Boot Hill
Newton, Harvey County, USA
Coordinate: 38.0426220, -97.3343410

20. Whitestone Mennonite Church Columbarium
Hesston, Harvey County, USA
Coordinate: 38.1458950, -97.4297920

21. Bethel College Columbarium
North Newton, Harvey County, USA
Coordinate: 38.0730000, -97.3420000

22. Shalom Mennonite Church Memory Garden
Newton, Harvey County, USA
Coordinate: 38.0429870, -97.3316650

23. Hillside Cemetery
Sedgwick, Harvey County, USA
Coordinate: 37.9131012, -97.4096985

24. Saint Marys Cemetery
Newton, Harvey County, USA
Coordinate: 38.0419006, -97.3277969