Wasco-Gilliam-Sherman County OR Archives Obituaries.....Hoffman, Ruth Elizabeth February 6, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle, February 10, 2004
     Ruth Elizabeth Hoffman, 84, a resident of The Dalles, died at the local 
hospital Friday, Feb. 6, 2004.
     She was born June 27, 1919, in Condon, the second of five children to 
William Thomas and Frankie Elizabeth (Farra) Adlard and grew up in Lost Valley 
area of Gilliam County.
     She married Arnold Irvin Hoffman on Oct. 8, 1936, in Condon. They lived 
in Butte Creek near Fossil for seven years, then lived in Boardman until 1980 
when they moved to The Dalles.
     She was a homemaker and artist, a member of the First Christian Church, 
The Dalles Art Center and a volunteer at Mid Columbia Medical Center’s gift 
shop. 
     She enjoyed homemaking, her family, especially her grandchildren, oil 
painting, reading, plants and in later years growing orchids.
     She is survived by her husband of 67 years, Arnold Hoffman, The Dalles; 
her children and their spouses, Edna Hoffman Keller and Jerry, Wood Village; 
James and Sharon Hoffman, Castro Valley, Calif.; Ted and Donna Hoffman, The 
Dalles; and Linda Hoffman, Dufur; eight grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren 
and four great-great grandchildren and her step-sister, Nina Knighten, Condon. 
She was preceded in death by two sisters, two brothers and a half sister.
     Funeral services will be held at The Dalles First Christian Church, 909 
Court Street, The Dalles at 11 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 14, with Pastor Lynn 
Taylor officiating. 
     Interment will follow at the Threemile Road Odd Fellows Cemetery, 
formerly know as Parklawn. Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home is in care of 
arrangements.
     Remembrances may be made to American Cancer Society, 2120 First Ave. N, 
Seattle, WA 98109, The Dalles Art Center, 220 East 4th. St., The Dalles, OR 
97058 or First Christian Church. 


Additional Comments:
Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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