Jean Hoffmann

The Mass of Christian Burial for Jean Hoffmann of Wadena, will be celebrated at 10:30a.m. at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Wadena, on Tuesday, July 29, 2014, with Father Aaron Kuhn as celebrant. Friends may call at the Parish Center on Tuesday from 9:00 a.m. until the time of Mass. A Rosary service will be held in the church at 9:30a.m. Jean passed away at the age of 102, on Tuesday, July 22, 2014, at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Community Nursing Home in Sauk Rapids, MN. Jean was born at home in rural Gorman Township, Ottertail Co. MN. on Oct. 4, 1911. She was the eighth of twelve children born to Henry E. and Christina (Bahner) Siebels. She was baptized Regina at St. Henry's Catholic Church in Perham and attended country school at District 158 in Gorman Township. Jean met Carl while working at the Bluffton Co-op Creamery. The two of them were married in Perham on February 23, 1943. They first rented and then bought the Hoffmann home place. Carl died in 1999 and she remained on the farm until July 2009 when she moved first to Autumn Manor in Perham, MN and then to The Good Shepherd Community in Sauk Rapids, MN to be close to her daughters. To say Jean had great work ethics would be an understatement as she continued to knit scarves past age 100. All her life, the Lord 'prospered the work of her hands' as she began choring as a child, graduating to field work, first with horses then with tractors. She was Carl's helpmate with all areas of the farm chores from milking to rock picking, and so very much more in between. Jean also kept her family well fed with her large garden, canning, making preserves, freezing, butchering meats, which for most of her life, was all done without modern processes or equipment. She also sewed, mended and later turned those skills towards making numerous quilts and rugs. She had a knack for "making the old" look new again whether repairing & refinishing furniture or machines (farm items). She carved several wonderful pieces for her kids. Jean had a love for crafting, playing cards and in recent years, playing dice. Jean is survived by her five children: Carol Ann (Ralph Ryan) Hoffmann of Maplewood, MN; Jeanette (Jerome) Hansen of St. Cloud, MN; Kathy (Dean) Jaacks of St. Cloud; John (Sandy) Hoffmann of Bemidji, MN; Don Hoffmann (Rick Fisher) of Wadena, MN. Seven grandchildren: Jennifer (Tim) Rogers, Jim (Lisa) Jaacks; Krista (Matt) Abramson; Andy (Andrea) Hoffmann; Joni Hoffmann; Mike (Jess) Hoffmann; Jake (Christine) Hoffmann, twelve great grandchildren; one sister, Magdeline Siebels, Perham, MN She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Carl Peter Hoffmann; a grandchild, Jamie Hoffmann; two great-grandchildren; her seven sisters: Sr. Henrica OSB, Sr. Edwardine OSB, Sr. Melchoir OSB, Sr. Christophine OSB, Sr Eulalia OSB, Francis (Martin) Hemmelgarn & Gerty (Clarence) Boedigheimer; and three brothers Henry J., Joseph and Al Siebels. Serving as pallbearers will be her grandchildren Jennifer (Jaacks) Rogers, Jim Jaacks, Krista (Hoffmann) Abramson, Andy Hoffmann, Joni Hoffmann, Michael Hoffmann and Jacob Hoffmann. Burial will be in St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery in Bluffton, MN. In lieu of flowers, Jean preferred memorials sent to FOOD FOR HIS CHILDREN (foodforhischildren.org)

Jean Hoffmann

October 4, 1911 - July 22, 2014