OBITS FOR BARTON COUNTY, KANSAS
OBITS FOR BARTON COUNTY, KANSAS
Russell - Galliart, Clara Elizabeth, 95, died Sept. 27, 2004. Service 10:30 a.m. Saturday. First Lutheran Church, Dorrance. Survivors: Sons, Vernon, Kenneth; brother, Hubert Harry; sister, Josephine Springer; 3 grandchildren 2 great-grandchildren. Pohlman-Heise Mortuary. (The Kansas City Star, September 30, 2004)
Claflin - Elmer F. Hofmeister, 92, died Feb. 11, 2005 at Great Bend Health and rehabilitation Center, Great Bend.
He was born Sept. 23, 1912 at Dubuque, the son of Frank and Minnie Ahrens Hofmeister. A lifetime resident of Clafin, he was a retired farmer and stockman.
He belonged to the United Methodist Church, serving as former church trustee and was a 50-year member of the Masonic Lodge, No. 424, both at Claflin, and was a 50-year member of OES 420 Chapter, Holyrood. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Army, receiving the Purple Heart and Bronze Star.
On October 12, 1947, he married Menta Eahart at Parsons. She survives.
Other survivors include a son, Fred, Claflin, three daughters, Betty Ruhlen and Helen Hawley, both of Lawrence and Phyllis Hofmeister, Hutchinson; a sister, Evelyn Simmons, Claflin, eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a great-granddaughter Emily Mills.
Funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, Hoisington with the Rev. Leo Thorne and the Rev. Sara DeSalazar presiding. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday and from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Interment will be in Dubuque Cemetery, Dubuque.
Memorials may be sent to the United Methodist Church or the American Heart Association, both in care of the funeral home. (The Hutchinson News, February 12, 2005)