Helen Margaret (Krips) Hoffman, 94, died April 13, 2006, at the Fair Oaks Lodge.
She was born Aug. 22, 1911, at Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, to Hubert John and Mary (Goetzinger) Krips. When she was 3 years old the family moved to a farm west of Wadena. She attended St. Anns grade school through the eighth grade. She was her fathers hired hand because the boys were all younger. She drove a team of two horses, shocked grain and other farm work alongside her father until the boys were old enough to take over her chores. She then worked for a few neighbors and then went to work at the dime store, where she worked until 1942. On June 16, 1941, she married Hubert Hoffman at St. Anns Catholic Church in Wadena. She enjoyed gardening, canning, caring for her flowers, playing cards, visiting and crocheting doilies and spending time with her family.
A Mass of Christian Burial was April 17 in the St. Anns Catholic Church in Wadena with the Rev. Albert Holmes officiating. Honorary casketbearers were her great-grandchildren Kristina, Andrew, Emily, Aaron, Shelby, Quayd, Charley, Kylee, Abby, Maddie and Carter. Casketbearers were her grandchildren Cindy Seaton, Kim Kamrowski, Melissa Korman, Brad Beaver, Brian Williams, Troy Hoffman, Jeff Hoffman and Melanie Hoffman. Burial was in the Calvary Cemetery with Johnson Memorial Home in charge of arrangements.
Survivors include her son Michael (Sharon) of Prescott, Ariz.; two daughters, Virginia (Larry) Beaver of Cass Lake and Mary Williams of Eagan; three brothers, Leo of Havelock, Iowa, Jack of Williston, N.D., and Joe of Wadena; eight grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband on Sept. 30, 1990; her parents; sisters Gen Vassar, Florence Koch, Irene Hoffman, Frances Tigges, Dorothy Lorenz and Mary Spahn.
