1889 - 1977 (87 years)
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Name |
Edna Dee Hoffman |
- Mrs. Edna Dee CHRISTIANSEN, 87, formerly of 1121 Washington street, died at 3:30 a.m. today at the Canterbury Manor nursing home where she had been a resident for the past five years. Mrs. Christiansen was born Nov. 11, 1889 to Edward and Bessie NESSLAR HOFFMAN in Lake Geneva, Wis. She was married to Captain Denny CURTIS in 1908; he died in 1939. She married Jorgen M. CHRISTIANSEN, a famous circus horse trainer, on Jan. 6, 1957, in Fulton; he died in 1969. Mrs. Christiansen lived in the Rochester-Fulton area for 20 years and was a former circus performer and director of Ringling Brothers circus. She was a member of the Barnum and Bailey circus, Chicago Eastern Star, Chicago Showman's League, St. John's Lutheran church of Rochester, Circus Fans association, and was elected to the Circus Hall of Fame, management category at Sarasota, Fla., in 1968. Surviving are four cousins, Walter NESSLAR, Maywood, Ill.; Louis NESSLAR, Lake Geneva, Wis.; Mrs. George (Harriet) THACHER, Madison, Wis., and Mrs. Merrill (Ethel) PUERNER, Janesville, Wis. A committal service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Oak Hill cemetery, Lake Geneva, Wis. Friends may call from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home in Rochester.
Published in the Rochester(IN) Sentinel, Tuesday, July 5, 1977
SOURCE:
http://www.fulco.lib.in.us/Genealogy/Tombaugh/Obituaries/Html/1977.htm
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Born |
11 Nov 1889 |
Lake Geneva, Walworth County, Wisconsin, USA |
Gender |
Female |
Died |
5 Jul 1977 |
Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana, USA [1] |
Buried |
7 Jul 1977 |
Oak Hill Cemetery, Lake Geneva, Walworth County, Wisconsin, USA |
Person ID |
I331 |
tree1 |
Last Modified |
22 Jul 2018 |
Father |
Edward Hoffman, b. 1860, d. 10 Sep 1899, Lake Geneva, Walworth County, Wisconsin, USA (Age 39 years) |
Mother |
Marguerite Elizabethe Nesslar, b. 11 Oct 1860, Powers Lake, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, USA , d. 18 Apr 1955, Hinsdale, Cook County, Illinois, USA (Age 94 years) |
Married |
Abt 1881 |
Family ID |
F130 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Sources |
- [S288] Find A Grave, (Web).
MEMORIAL ID 84409477
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