Descendants of Edward Hoffman

Generation No. 3

5. ETHEL VICTORIA HOFFMAN was born 20 February 1893 in Adeline, Ogle county Illinois. Shortly after her birth, the family moved to Ruthven, Grundy county Iowa and then on to Dickens, Clay county Iowa where they farmed for eight or ten years. When Ethel Hoffman was about ten years old, her family moved to Kingfisher, Kingfisher county Oklahoma. Despite the long distance, they remained close to friends and family in Iowa and Illinois. When Ethel Hoffman was a young woman she had a brief marriage to GRANT MARQUET which ended in divorce. On the 6th of January 1921 she was married to MAX M ROBBERTS son of Jacob Robberts and Sarah Martin of Kingfisher Oklahoma.

Look here for further information in The Robberts Family Report.

In August of 1922, Max Robberts and Ethel Hoffman had a little son who died just after birth and is buried with them in the Kingfisher Oklahoma Cemetery. Shortly after that time that Ethel Hoffman Robberts and her husband moved to Newkirk, Kay county Oklahoma where Max Robberts was a merchant. Their daughter, Maxine Robberts was born on the 24th of April 1927. The family appears together in the 1930 census.

1930 Census of Kay county Oklahoma, Newkirk - ED 25 page 11

Max Robberts		42 - Neb - manager of a mercantile concern
Ethel		36 - Ill
Maxine		2 - Ok

Eventually, the Max Robberts family moved to Winfield, Kansas where he continued his association with the Kay and Kaw Furniture Store for many years.

Max Robberts died on the 10th of September 1957. His obituary gives further details of his life. Ethel Hoffman Robberts lived almost twenty years after the death of her husband. She died on the 31st of July 1975 in Santa Ana, California. They are buried together in the Kingfisher Oklahoma Cemetery.

In Memory of Max M Robberts 1889-1957
Morris Memorial Chapel
9 am Friday, September 13, 1957
Clergyman: Rev George Richards
Interment: Kingfisher, Oklahoma

Winfield Courier 10 Sep 1957
Max Robberts Dies Suddenly
Max M Robberts 69, for many years associated with Kay and Kaw stores in Newkirk and Winfield, died at 4:30 pm Tuesday in a local doctor's office. He had been suffering with heart trouble for 15 years.
Funeral services will be held at 9 am Friday at Morris Memorial chapel with Rev George Richards officiating. Graveside rites and interment will be at 2 pm in the cemetery at Kingfisher, Okla.
Mr Robberts was born Feb 3 1888 at David City, Neb. the son of Mr and Mrs Jacob C Robberts. They moved to Kingfisher, Okla in 1902 and Mr Robberts attended schools there and was graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1908. He was married to Ethel Hoffman Jan 6, 1921 at Enid by his father, Judge J C Robberts.
He served in the army in World War I and was on his way to France at time the armistice was signed. He moved to Newkirk in 1922 and for 20 years was associated with the Kay and Kaw Mercantile Co there before moving to Winfield in 1942 to operate the Kay and Kaw store here.
He was a member of the Methodist church, Masonic lodge, Eastern Star, American Legion, Elks lodge at Blackwell, Rotary, Chamber of Commerce, OU Alumni Assn., Western Retail Implement and Hardware Assn.
Survivors include his wife, one daughter, Mrs Maxine Fisher of Houston, Texas, one brother, George B Robberts of Waukomis, Okla, two sisters, Mrs Gus Nelson of Waukomis and Mrs Charles Van Duyn of Eugene, Ore.

In Remembrance
In Memory of Mrs Max (Ethel Hoffman) Robberts
Born February 20, 1893 Adeline, Illinois
Entered Into Rest July 31, 1975, Santa Ana, California
Graveside Services 11:00 am Friday August 8, 1975 Kingfisher Cemetery, Kingfisher, Oklahoma
Minister Officiating Rev W D Gilbert

Kingfisher Oklahoma Cemetery

Max M Robberts		Feb 3 1887 to Sept 10, 1957 Lot 103 Sp 2
Ethel H Robberts		Feb 20 1893 to July 31 1975
Inf son Robberts		Aug 13 1922 son of Max and Ethel

6. ELBA JOSEPHINE HOFFMAN was born on the 25th of February 1898 in Dickens, Clay county Iowa where her parents had been farming for several years. When she was about five or six years of age her family removed to Kingfisher, Kingfisher county Oklahoma. She was married in 1920 to OTIS SYLVESTER GARRETT, son of Isaac Garrett and Margaret Hancock. They settled in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma county Oklahoma and remained there throughout their married life. They appear there in the 1930 census:

1930 Census of Oklahoma county Oklahoma, Oklahoma City - ED 61 page 17

Otis Garrett		35 - Mo - real estate salesman
Elba		32 - Iowa
Richard		4 - Ok
Georgia		2 - Ok
Evelyn Haley		servant

Elba Hoffman Garrett's obituary, published in 1981, gives a good accounting of her life:
The Daily Oklahoma Monday September 18, 1981
Garrett Mrs Elba Josephine, age 83, 4700 LaRissa Lane. Died at Baptist Medical Center, September 26, 1981. Mrs Garrett was born the second daughter of Mr and Mrs Adolph G Hoffman on February 25, 1898 and was reared on a farm near Ruthven, Iowa. During the early years of 1900 she came to Oklahoma Territory with her parents to live on land that they bought southwest of Kingfisher. Here she attended the Union Hall School, District 95, a one room rural school. In 1918 her parents retired to live in Kingfisher. On January 20, 1920 she married Otis Garrett, a WWI veteran, also of Kingfisher. They immediately moved to OKC where they made their home these past 61 years. Mrs Garrett was a talented artist painting in oils and watercolor. For long years, she was a member of Kappa Pi Honorary Art Fraternity, Lambda alumni chapter of Oklahoma City University, and served in the various offices and as their President. She was an enthusiastic horse-woman. She bred Tennessee walking horses and owned a state champion jumping horse, a winner for 3 years. She was a member of the Church of Religious Science, Oklahoma City. She served as President of the Women's Guild and as President of the Women's Guild and as President of the Adult Discussion Group of her church. She was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs Garrett was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother, and will be remembered as a beautiful character greatly missed by all who knew her. She was preceded in death by her parents and by her older sister, Mrs Max M (Ethel) Robberts, Irvine, California. In addition to her husband, Otis Garrett, she is survived by her son, Richard W Garrett, and her daughter Mrs Robert H (Georgia) Vaughn, both of Oklahoma City. 7 grandchildren, Steve, Pat and Mike Garrett; Dale, Gary and DeeAnn Vaughn, and Mrs RC (Vicki) Morrison, Detroit, Michigan. Also 5 great grandchildren. Sister, Mrs George L (Edna) Bowman, Kingfisher, Niece, Mrs Frank (Maxine Robberts) Fisher, Irvine, California. Services 11 am Tuesday, Hahn-Cook Street and Draper Chapel. Interment Memorial Park Cemetery.

7. EDNA AMANDA HOFFMAN was born on the 5th of December 1907 in Kingfisher, Kingfisher co, Oklahoma, and died January 20, 2003 in Kingfisher, Kingfisher co, Oklahoma. She married GEORGE LYNN BOWMAN 1940 in Kingfisher, Kingfisher co, Oklahoma, son of William Bowman and Emily Huffman. He was born October 09, 1874 in Rockingham co, Virginia, and died August 21, 1957 in Kingfisher, Kingfisher co, Oklahoma.

See a Tribute to Edna Hoffman Bowman.
See the 1920 Confirmation Class of Friedens Evangelical Church of Kingfisher, Oklahoma.
Look here for further information in The Bowman Family Report.

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