Submitted by: Gerald Hobson

From the

Three Rivers Commercial News

Three Rivers, Michigan

(Saint Joseph County)

Monday, December 30, 1991

ELVIN L. (TONY) HOEFLE

Elvin L. (Tony) Hoefle, 71, of 58000 Buckhorn Rd., Three Rivers, died Friday, Dec. 27, 1991 at the Three Rivers Manor Nursing Home, Three Rivers, after an extended illness.

He was born Aug. 7, 1920 in Greenville, Ill.  He lived in Mishawaka most of his life and moved to Three Rivers in 1965, coming from Greenville.

He retired from South Bend Tool & Die in 1983 after 28 years.

He was a veteran of the U. S. Air Force, World War II, a member of the American Legion, Three Rivers, and a member of V. F. W., Edwardsburg, Mich.

On Dec, 30, 1941, he married Lorene Barhydt in Westville, Ind.  She survives, along with three daughters, Janet McClain of Three Rivers, Vicki Wheat of Three Rivers, and Shelley Burgess of Three Rivers; one son, Ronald Hoefle of Granger, Ind.; eight grandchildren, Randy Hoefle, Debbie Hosack, Chris Wilson, Brian McClain, Lisa Wheat, Lori Wheat, Scott Burgess and Derek Burgess; three great grandchildren, Nicholas Willard, Tyler Wilson, and Paige Hosack; one sister, Wanda Borkowski of Mishawaka, Ind.; two brothers, Robert Hoefle of Mishawaka and Donald Hoefle of Marcellus.

Services will be 2 p.m. Monday in Bubb Funeral Chapel North, 3910 N. Main, Mishawaka.  Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.  Burial will take place in Saint Joseph Valley Memorial Park.