Marjehne Andrae Hoefer

MARJEHNE ANDRAE HOEFER
Marjehne Andrae Hoefer, born at Ithaca, New York on October 14, 1923 died on November 21, 2007 at the Fleet Landing Health Center in Atlantic Beach, FL, where she had lived for 15 years.
She was the daughter of Ida Reed Andrae and William Cook Andrae of 200 Miller Street, Ithaca, New York and wife of Albert Hoefer, Jr. originally of 113 Brandon Place, Ithaca, NY. She attended Belle Sherman Elementary School, Boynton Junior High School and Ithaca High School class of 1941. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell class of 1945. She worked for Western Electric in Kearney, NJ and Kimberly-Clarke in Niagara Falls, NY. After marriage to Mr. Hoefer in 1946 she helped put him through college at Oswego, NY working for the local newspaper. When they relocated in Falls Church, VA in 1950 she worked for the USGS (Geological Survey) in Washington, DC; they returned to Ithaca and she became secretary to John Kuppinger, Principal of Henry St. John Elementary School; she then became Secretary to the Dean in the Ithaca College School of TV and Radio, after which she was promoted to Assistant to the Dean of the School of Humanities & Sciences and retired in that capacity. She was elected to, and served as, the first elected employee to the Ithaca College Board of Trustees.
She leaves a husband, Albert Hoefer Jr., two sons, Albert Hoeffer III (his wife Dana Wheeler Hoefer and their grandson Timothy Wheeler Hoefer) and William Andrae Hoefer all of San Diego, CA.
Memorial services will be held at the Community Presbyterian Church, 150 Sherry Drive, Atlantic Beach, FL with Reverend Gabe Goodman officiating. In lieu of flowers, please make contributions to the charity of your choice or the Fleet Landing Endowment Fund, 4318 Fleet Landing Blvd., Atlantic Beach, FL 32233.