Almeda Hoffman

Victoria, Kansas – Almeda Hoffman, age 87, died Monday, October 22, 2012, at Via Christi Village Care Center, Hays, Kansas.

She was born October 11, 1925, in Victoria, Kansas, to Edgar F. and Lydia (Staab) Brungardt. She married Albert R. “Al” Hoffman on April 21, 1950, in Victoria, Kansas. He died April 4, 2008.

She and her husband owned and operated Hoffman’s Dry Goods in Victoria, Kansas for 40 years. In her early years she worked at the Farmers National Bank at the Walker Air Force Base. She was a member of St. Fidelis Catholic Church, Daughter of Isabella and Christian Mothers all of Victoria, Kansas.

Survivors include one son, Don Hoffman and wife Gretta, Hays, KS; one brother, Frank C. Brungardt, Victoria, KS; two sisters, Rosie Schulte and husband Denis, and Betty Basgall, both of Victoria, KS; three sisters-in-law Betty Brungardt, Kathryn Hoffman, both of Hays, KS; Leona Hoffman, Overland Park, KS; three grandchildren Lee Hoffman, Lindsay Hachenberg and husband Glen, Scott Hoffman; four great grandchildren, Aiden, Morgan and Alexandra Hachenberg, and Jace Hoffman.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, Edward “Eddie” Brungardt and two brothers-in-law, Melvin Gross and Al Basgall; one sister-in-law, Twila Brungardt .

Services are 10:00 A.M. Thursday, October 25, 2012, at St. Fidelis Catholic Church, Victoria, Kansas. Burial in St Fidelis Cemetery, Victoria, Kansas.

A vigil service will be at 7:00 P.M. Wednesday followed by a Daughters of Isabella/Christian Mothers rosary at 7:30 P.M. Wednesday all at Cline’s Mortuary of Hays, 1919 East 22nd Street, Hays, Kansas 67601.

Visitation is from 5:00 to 8:00 P.M. Wednesday at Cline’s Mortuary of Hays 1919 East 22nd Hays, Kansas, and from 9:00 to 10:00 A.M. Thursday at St. Fidelis Church, Victoria, Kansas.