Wilma Pauline Hoffman

Wilma Pauline Hoffman obituary, Seneca, MO

Wilma Pauline Hoffman

Wilma Hoffman Obituary

Visit the Campbell-Biddlecome Funeral Home - Seneca website to view the full obituary.

  Wilma P. Hoffman, 91, Seneca, MO passed into eternal rest November 9, 2023 at the Seneca Nursing Facility.
  Wilma Pauline Graham was born November 21, 1931 in Ottawa County, OK the daughter of George W. and Inez M. (Hollandsworth) Graham. 
  Wilma attended Modoc #4 Grade School and graduated from Wyandotte High School in 1949. She worked for the former Seneca News Dispatch and worked as a catalog design department for the former Howsmon's Office Supply in Joplin, MO retiring in 1991. Wilma loved to make crafts with her hands. Especially cross-stitched quilts. She was a member of the Seneca Cemetery Board and was a member of the Seneca Christian Church. 
  Wilma Graham married Herbert Allen Hoffman April 13, 1950 in Bentonville, AR and he preceded her in death February 24, 1996. She was also preceded in death by her parents, one daughter, Deborah Jean Hoffman, one brother Robert Graham and two sisters Helen Prater and Isabell Sherwood.
  Survivors include one son, Duane Allen Hoffman and wife Sally, Georgetown, TN; one daughter, Donetta Hoffman, Springfield, MO; two grandchildren, Tara Marie Ford and husband Sean and Ashley Rae Cannatella and husband Robert; and 2 grandpups and three great-grandpups. 
  The family will receive friends from 1pm to 2pm, December 2, 2023 at Seneca Christian Church with funeral services following the visitation with Doug Lawson and Joshua Frakes officiating. 
 Burial will be in the Seneca Cemetery with Robbie Higginbotham, Seth Higginbotham, Steve Weston, Troy Lipe, Wyatt Gatewood, Gary Gray, Larry Prater, Jared Lipe and Dan Gatewood serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearer will be Donny Graham.

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