Edwin L. Hill of Kirkwood died Thursday, June 9, 2005.
Mr. Hill was born in Pine Bluff, Ark., on Aug. 25, 1913. He graduated from high school there and attended the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, graduating with a law degree. He joined Sigma Chi fraternity while in college.
During World War II, he was assigned to the Army Air Corps where he served as an operations officer, helping to open military transports first in Iceland and then the Azores. He rose to the rank of captain.
After the war, Mr. Hill went to work for the Missouri Pacific Railroad in St. Louis, where he worked until his retirement in 1975. He held a number of positions, first in the mechanical department and then the legal department. In his final years with the company he acted as the primary claims attorney for the railroad.
After retiring, he taught professional development classes for the Association of American Railroads, and was active as a gardener, golfer and bowler.
Mr. Hill is survived by his wife, Peggy Stoecker Hill and daughter Catherine Hill, both of Kirkwood; his son, Larry Hill; daughter-in-law Linda Hechinger Hill; three grandchildren, Jon, Andrew and Lexi Hill, who all live in the San Francisco area of California.
Funeral services were held Thursday, June 16, at Bopp Chapel in Kirkwood. Interment, Forever Oak Hill Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to a charity of one's choice.
Harold Craig Hinson of Webster Groves died Saturday, Sept. 17, 2005. He was 85.
Born in Morehouse, Mo., and a longtime resident of Webster Groves, Mr. Hinson was a member of Webster Groves Lodge #84 AF & AM, Scottish Rite and Moolah Shrine. He was also an Army veteran of World War II and the Korean Conflict. An avid ham radio operator, KoDQV will be missed.
Mr. Hinson was the son of the late Escar Lee and Lelia Jane Craig Hinson; husband of the late Doris Lillian (nee Deem) Hinson; father of Stephen C. Hinson, Jeffrey W. (Shelley) Hinson, Phillip D. (Kaye) Hinson, Sharlyn K. (Dennis) Thompson, and Barbara J. (Jeffrey) Bennie; grandfather of Stanley, Eric, Casey, Laura, David, Jessica, Matthew, Rebecca, Melissa, Blake, Natalie and Ian; great-grandfather of Ethan; brother of the late Elvis Brown Hinson, Marjorie Maxine Bradshaw, Edward Lee Hinson, Dorothy Angeline Rouse, and Frances Janet Smith; brother-in-law of Janet Hinson; cousin, uncle and friend to many.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, Sept. 21, at First United Methodist Church in Webster Groves. Interment, Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery with military honors. Memorials may be made to the American Parkinson Disease Association, Greater St. Louis Chapter, Campus Box 8111, 660 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 63110; or to Shriner's Hospital for Children, 2001 S. Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. 63131. Arrangements by Gerber Chapel.
LaVerne Hirth (nee Trapp) of Webster Groves died Thursday, June 30, 2005.
Mrs. Hirth was the wife of the late Gordon L. Hirth, D.D.S.; mother of Christine (David) Austin and Barry (Suzanne) Hirth; grandmother of Barclay, Devon and Colin Hirth, and Douglas and Emma Austin; cousin and friend to many.
Funeral services were held Saturday, July 2, at Christ Lutheran Church in Webster Groves. Interment, Concordia Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 9374 Olive Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. 63132-3214; or the Christ Lutheran Memorial Fund, 1 Selma Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 63119. Arrangements by Gerber Chapel, Webster Groves.
Helen R. McNally of Lynnwood, Wash., formerly of Kirkwood died Friday, June 24, 2005. She was 87.
Mrs. McNally was born in Minneapolis, Minn. She received a bachelor of arts degree from the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minn., and later, a master of arts degree from the University of Missouri at Columbia
In the early 1960s, she founded the Kirkwood Arts Council and served as chair of its first Fine Arts Festival. Mrs. McNally was named Kirkwood Citizen of the Year in 1963. While supporting the arts, she led a distinguished career in public relations and advertising.
In 1964, Mrs. McNally was appointed executive director of the St. Louis Council on World Affairs. The council served as host for international visitors, including a meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, diplomats, business executives, educators and journalists.
At the request of the U.S. State Department, Mrs. McNally organized the Missouri chapter of the Partners of the Alliance for Progress. The organization coordinated exchanges with a sister state, Para, Brazil. With her new duties, Mrs. McNally learned Portuguese and represented Missouri at conferences in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Lima, Peru.
In 1981, Mrs. McNally moved to the Lake of the Ozarks, where she was a founder of the Lake Area Performing Arts Guild and the Greater Lake Area Arts Council. In 1995, Gov. Mel Carnahan presented Mrs. McNally with the Missouri Arts Award.
From 2001 to 2004, Mrs. McNally counseled small businesses as a volunteer for SCORE, a national network of thousands of retired and working people who provide free business counseling and advice as a public service.
Mrs. McNally was the mother of Judy McNally, Paula (David) Elbring, Maggie (Paul) Hales, Myles McNally and Patrick McNally; grandmother of 13; great-grandmother of 13.
A memorial gathering of friends and family will be held Saturday, July 30, 2 to 5 p.m., at Bopp Chapel, 10610 Manchester Road in Kirkwood. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Arts and Education Council of Greater St. Louis, 3526 Washington Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 63103-1019; or to a charity of one's choice.
Helen Wallace Hoffmann, a longtime Webster Groves and Des Peres resident, died Tuesday, Oct. 18, of stomach cancer, at her home at The Gatesworth in University City. She was 91.
A native St. Louisan, Mrs. Hoffmann was the daughter of St. Louis coal dealer E. J. Wallace and Ida Wallace, and the sister of Lucille Wallace Downing of Signal Hill and Fairview Heights, Ill.
She graduated from Roosevelt High School and enjoyed athletics. She was an early member of the Silver Skates speed-skating club at the old Winter Garden Ice Rink. At 17, she participated in the women's speed skating demonstrations held in Lake Placid, N.Y., just before the 1932 Winter Olympics there. (Speed skating was not yet an official Olympic sport.)
Mrs. Hoffmann studied art at Washington University and transferred to the University of Missouri, earning a B.S. in education in 1937 and an M.A. in guidance and counseling in 1938. She belonged to Phi Mu sorority.
After teaching high school English at Normandy High School, she married the late Karl Hoffmann in 1942 in Charlotte, N.C., where he was serving in the Army Quartermaster Corps.
The Hoffmanns lived in Webster Groves from 1954 to 1974 and in Des Peres from 1974 to 1996. From 1957 to 1995 Mrs. Hoffmann was a real estate sales agent with Ira E. Berry, now Coldwell Banker. She was an active member of the Wednesday Club.
Mrs. Hoffmann is survived by three children: Mary Hunt of Hancock, Mich., Janet Hoffmann-Edmonston of Mesa, Ariz., John Hoffmann of Olney, Md., and two grandchildren. Mr. Hoffmann preceded her in death in 2000.
The body has been donated to Washington University Medical School. A celebration of Mrs. Hoffmann's life was held Sunday, Oct. 23, at the Gatesworth.
Memorials may be made to Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region (PPSLR), 4251 Forest Park Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 63108 (531-7526, ext. 337); or the Missouri Botanical Garden Tribute Fund, Box 299, St. Louis, Mo. 63166 (577-0206).
Dr. Oswald Hoffmann of Webster Groves died Thursday, Sept. 8, 2005, after a brief illness. He was 91.
Dr. Hoffman, an ordained Lutheran minister, was a renowned religious broadcasting pioneer and Protestant church leader. For more than 33 years (1955-1988), he was a Sunday radio institution, touching millions worldwide with his inspirational broadcasts of The Lutheran Hour until his retirement in 1988.
"Dr. Hoffmann was an incredible blessing to Lutheran Hour Ministries and to the millions of listeners who tuned into The Lutheran Hour during his tenure as speaker of the program, " said Greg Lewis, executive director of Lutheran Hour Ministries. "He shared the hope of Christ with people around the world."
A recognized Protestant church leader, Dr. Hoffmann represented The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod at the 1964-65 Second Vatican Council in Rome, Italy. In 1969, he chaired the U.S. Congress on Evangelism in Minneapolis, Minn. He also served as North American chairman for the 1974 World Congress on Evangelization in Lausanne, Switzerland.
He was the author of eight books, including his 1996 autobiography, "What More Is There to Say But Amen." Dr. Hoffmann was also a consultant and friend to foreign dignitaries, U.S. presidents (including presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Nixon), and world religious leaders, including the Rev. Billy Graham.
He was the recipient of multiple honors, including a Wittenberg National Clergy Award from the Luther Institute in Washington, D.C. (1993). He was inducted into the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) Hall of Fame in 1999 and received the William Ayers Distinguished Service Award from NRB in 1989.
Dr. Hoffmann is survived by his children, the Rev. Peter (Elaine) Hoffmann, the Rev. Paul (Jane) Hoffmann, Katharine Ann (Brian) Bates, John Hoffmann of Kirkwood; and also by 10 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. His wife of 60 years, Marcia Hoffmann (nee Linnell), preceded him in death in November 2000.
A memorial service will be held Friday, Sept. 16, 11 a.m., at Concordia Lutheran Church, 505 S. Kirkwood Rd., in Kirkwood.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Lutheran Hour Ministries, 660 Mason Ridge Center Dr., St. Louis, Mo. 63141-8557; online at www.lhmgift.org (indicate "Dr. Hoffmann Memorial Gift.") or to Concordia Lutheran Church, 505 S. Kirkwood Rd., Kirkwood, Mo. 63122.
Elvira B. Hoge (nee Apel), formerly of Webster Groves died Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2005, in Irvine, Calif. She was 99.
Mrs. Hoge was the wife of the late Oliver C. Hoge; aunt of Jackie Watson, Sue Vigen, Judy Omohundro, David Apel and Sally Henson; great-aunt and friend.
Funeral services will be held Friday, Aug. 26, 1 p.m., at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel, 10180 Gravois Road in Affton. Please meet at the main entrance of the cemetery at 12:45 p.m.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 4207 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. 63108; or VNA Hospice, 2500 Red Hill Ave., Suite 105, Santa Ana, Calif. 92705. Arrangements by Gerber Chapel.
Irene E. Horak, formerly of Waterloo, Iowa, recently of Webster Groves died peacefully in her sleep on Saturday, July 16, 2005, at the home of her daughter-in-law. She was 90.
Mrs. Horak was born Oct. 28, 1914, in Waterloo, the youngest child of Ernest and Johanna Baumgartner Chevalier. On May 22, 1937, she married Milton L. Horak in Waterloo.
They were the parents of one son, Larry, who died in 2002. Larry Horak taught biology and chaired the Science Department at Webster Groves High School for many years.
Mrs. Horak was a devoted wife and mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was an avid storyteller and chronicler of the history of Waterloo, Iowa.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, son and siblings. She is survived by her daughter-in-law, Lois Horak of Webster Groves; four grandchildren, Christopher (Robin) Horak of Fairfax, Va., David Horak of Cebu, the Philippines; Ellen (Joe) Sartorius of Sappington; and Susan (Todd) Campbell of St. Peters; seven great-grandchildren: Andrew, Emily, Madeline, Benjamin and Hannah Sartorius, and Victoria and Teddy Campbell.
Funeral services were held Monday, July 25, at St. Edward's Catholic Church, with entombment in Mt. Olivet Cemetery Mausoleum, both in Waterloo, Iowa.
John G. Horton of Webster Groves died Thursday, Dec. 8, 2005.
Mr. Horton was a regional manager for 32 years at Bayer Pharmaceuticals. He was the husband of Johanna Horton (nee Yaniger); father of Whitney and Sydney Horton; and brother of Terri Roberts.
A funeral Mass was celebrated Tuesday, Dec. 13, at Mary Queen of Peace Catholic church. Interment, Resurrection Cemetery. Arrangements by Bopp Chapel, Kirkwood.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 102454, Atlanta, Ga. 30368-2454.
