Submitted by: Mary Jo Koran

SBT 1/3/1973

Mrs. John Hoff

November 10, 1895 – January 2, 1973

Mrs. Pearl E. Hoff, 77, of Palmetto FL, formerly of South Bend died at 3am Tuesday in Bradenton Hospital, Bradenton FL, after an extended illness.

She was born on November 10, 1895 in Wisconsin and had lived here 39 years.  She had resided in Florida 10 years.  On September 1, 1915, in Ladysmith WI, a Pearl Crawther, she was married to John Hoff, who survives, along with a son, Erwin of Mishawaka; three daughters, Mrs. Phyllis Love of Niles and Mrs Norma Reuter and Mrs Vera McKough, both of South Bend; eight grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Violet Martindale of Rockford IL.

Friends may call from 1 to 4 and 7 to 9pm Friday in Guisinger Colonial Chapel.  Services will be held at 1pm Saturday in the funeral home by Rev. Harry Dale Collier, pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church.  Burial will be in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. Mrs Hoff was a member of Chapter 2, O E S.