Edna Dee Hoffman

1889 - 1977  (87 years)

• 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
  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

  
  

  Family	Dennie L. Curtis,   b. 1885,   d. 13 Apr 1938  (Age 53 years)
  Married	1908
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2018
  Family ID	F131	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Hoffman, Edna Dee 1889 - 1977 Edna Dee Hoffman Curtis Christiansen 1889 - 1977
  		Hoffman, Edna Dee 1889 - 1977 Edna Dee Hoffman Curtis Christiansen 1889 - 1977

  
  

  Headstones

  Hoffman, Edna Dee 1889 - 1977 Edna Dee Hoffman Curtis Christiansen 1889 - 1977

  
  

• Sources

  [S288] Find A Grave, (Web). MEMORIAL ID 84409477