Alma Hoffer, age 94 of Regent, ND, passed away on Monday evening November 1, 2021 at the Good Samaritan Society Nursing Home in Mott, ND.

A public visitation for Alma will be held on Friday, November 5, 2021 from 2:00pm – 5:00pm MT at the Evanson Jensen Funeral Home in Mott, ND.

ALMA JOSEPHINE GATZKE was born on September 27, 1927 in DeSart, ND, the first daughter of Alma (Geinitz) and Gus Gatzke.  She grew up on the farm southwest of New England.

She received a teaching degree from Dickinson State College. She taught grade school for several years in New England and Regent. Alma married Elmer Hoffer on June 5, 1947 and was married for 64 years until his passing.

Alma enjoyed bowling, yard work, and plants. She loved plants especially flowering ones, grew an amazing garden, and had a pristine yard. She had many conversations about them with her family and anyone stopping or driving by. Alma bowled league and couples league with her husband for years. She was a very good bowler with a high average. Alma also showered her grandchildren with love and some of them even carry on her passion for gardening.

She passed onto the Lord in the Mott Good Samaritan Society Nursing Home on Monday, November 1, 2021, surround by loving family.

Surviving family members include her son Lyle (Donna), Regent, ND; two daughters, Shirley (Duane) Meschke, Forest Grove, OR; and Connie (Michael) Stewart, Bismarck, ND; four grandchildren, two great grandchildren (one more to be born soon), one brother Arthur (Eileen) Gatzke, New England, ND;  one sister-in-law and special lifetime friend, Joyce Gatzke, Regent, ND; and one brother-in-law Anthony Schwindt, Dickinson, ND.

Alma was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Elmer, three brothers Donald, William, and Herbert Gatzke, and two sisters Lucille Schwindt and Ann Frank.

A private family service will be held.