Helen Hoffman, age 91, of Richey, passed away at the McCone County Health Center in Circle on Saturday, April 22, 2017.
Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. until 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 27, 2017 at the Richey Alliance Church. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 27, 2017 at the Richey Alliance Church with Pastor Paul Sponheim and Pastor Vaughn White officiating. Interment will be in the Richey Cemetery. Silha Funeral Home of Glendive has been entrusted with the arrangements.
Helen Mae was born November 7, 1925 the daughter of Cecil and Katie Johnston in Central City, Neb. In 1929 the family moved to Retah table near Richey. She attended Mt. Pleasant School thru the 8th grade. She attended St. Paul Bible College where she received her GED and also graduated college. She married Edwin J. Quade in Minnesota on July 25, 1951 and he died November 25, 1951 while serving in Korea. She returned to Richey and married Harold Hoffman on February 28, 1953. They farmed in the Richey area until 1956 when they moved to Sidney. In 1962 they moved to Great Falls and returned back to Richey in 1978.
She is survived by her husband, Harold, of Richey; sons, Mark (Janice) Hoffman of Ulm, Mont. and Jerry (Judie) Hoffman of Richey; daughter, Judy (Ken) Moss of Minot, N.D.; five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; two brothers, Johnny and Ruben Johnston; and one sister, Ella Anderson.
She was preceeded in death by her parents, Cecil & Katie Johnston; first husband, Edwin; brothers, Dave, Eugene and Lawrence; sisters, Ruth, Mary and Marjorie; and grandson, Derek Hoffman.
Memorials in Helen’s name are suggested to Sunrise Women’s Clinic, P.O. Box 1086, Sidney, MT 59270.
Remembrances and condolences may be shared with the family at: www.silhafuneralhomes.com.