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Shirley (Morphew) Hoffman 1930-2013

By November 4, 2013Obituaries

OTTAWA — Shirley (Morphew) Hoffman, 83, of Ottawa, died Saturday morning, Nov. 2, at Morris Hospital.

Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, at Mueller Funeral Home in Ottawa. Burial will follow in Oakwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

Shirley was born on Aug. 18, 1930, in Low Point, Ill., to Robert Griffin and Gladys Viola (Foster) Morphew. She married Paul Hoffman on May 15, 1949, at Zion Lutheran Church in Ottawa.

She is survived by a son, Fredrick Hoffman, of Ottawa; three daughters, Cheryl (Robert) Ohme, of Mountain Home, Ark., Karen Houltram, of Ottawa, and Sharon Gaudi, of Ottawa; five grandchildren, Dawn (Russel) Floyd, Kayla (Mark) Seibert, Tenille (Paul) Bankson, Brent (Apisara) Houltram and Robert Hoffman; 10 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and a godson, Robert Peterson.

Shirley is laid to rest in the Garden of the Ten Commandments.