1. | Esther Helene Juliane Loose was born on 20 Mar 1902 in Morgan, Redwood, Minnesota, United States; died on 26 Oct 1978 in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States; was buried in Rosehill Cemetery, Minot, Ward, North Dakota, United States. Notes:
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Esther lived her early years in Morgan, MN, where she started her education. In 1916, her parents moved to Woodworth, ND, where they purchased the S. T. Ferguson farm one mile south of woodworth. She attended college at the Valley City Teachers College.
She started her teaching career in a one room rural school near Woodworth. While teaching there she had to arrive early during the winter months, to start a fire in the stove to warm the school before the students arrived. On some of the cold and snowy days , no students would make it to school. She later taught school in Wishek, ND, untill she married Merritt.
After marriage she lived in the following cities in North Dakota, Devils Lake, Minot, Bismarck, Fessenden, Wahpeton, and Fargo. She also lived in Terry MT from 1947 to 1949, before moving back to Minot, ND.
After the death of her husband Esther remained in her home in Minot, until 1975, when she took up residence in a nursing home in Jamestown, ND. She later moved to a nursing home near Clemson, SC. While in the nursing home she fell an broke her hip, and was transfered toa hospital in Greenville, SC, where she passed away.
Esther married Merritt Elthan Hoffman on 5 Jan 1928 in Jamestown, Stutsman, North Dakota, United States. Merritt (son of Absolem Adinijah Hoffman and Winnie Esther Lesan) was born on 30 Oct 1898 in Redding, Ringgold, Iowa, United States; died on 21 Dec 1966 in Minot, Ward, North Dakota, United States; was buried on 23 Dec 1966 in Rosehill Cemetery, Minot, Ward, North Dakota, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. First Son Hoffman was born on 12 Jul 1930 in Devils Lake, Ramsey, North Dakota, United States; died on 12 Jul 1930 in Devils Lake, Ramsey, North Dakota, United States; was buried on 13 Jul 1930 in Devils Lake, Ramsey, North Dakota, United States.
- 3. Elaine Martha Hoffman
- 4. Gail Winnie Hoffman
- 5. Second Son Hoffman was born on 10 Aug 1934 in Minot, Ward, North Dakota, United States; died on 10 Aug 1934 in Minot, Ward, North Dakota, United States; was buried in Rosehill Cemetery, Minot, Ward, North Dakota, United States.
- 6. Merritt Ennis Hoffman
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