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Cora Maggie Hoffman (Knobel)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Elizabeth, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States
Death: October 07, 1986 (94)
Fergus Falls, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States
Place of Burial: Erhard, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Henry Harry Knobel and Anna Knobel
Wife of Frank Hofmann
Ex-wife of Ambrose Henry Perkins, Jr.
Mother of Private; Private; Private; Private; Private and 6 others
Sister of Walter Henry Knobel; Benjamin 'Ben' Franklin Knobel and Clara Sha

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About Cora Maggie Hoffman

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54028450/cora_maggie_hofmann
"Cora M. Hofmann, 94, a resident of the Pioneer Home, died Tuesday, Oct. 7, at Lake Region Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10, at the Pioneer Home Chapel, with Rev. Lauren Youngdale officiating. Burial will be in Zion Cemetery in Elizabeth.
Mrs. Hofmann was born June 18, 1892, in Elizabeth Township, one of four children of Henry and Anna (Zimmerman) Knobel. She grew up and attended school at District 16 in Elizabeth Township. She married Ambrose Perkins on March 25,1914, in Elizabeth. They had 11 children.
She moved to Montana in April of 1949. She married Frank Hofmann on Jan. 21,1959, at Worden, Mont. He preceded her in death. She had been a resident of the Pioneer Home since September 1981.
Survivors include seven daughters, Eleanor Thompson of Centuria, Wis., Fern Mauer, Mrs. Harry (Daisy) Halverson and Mrs. Willis (Illene) Bice, all of Fergus Falls, Grace Bengston of Braham, Mrs. Robert (Doris) Long of Minneapolis and Mrs. James (Irene) Groschupf of Columbia Falls, Mont.; four sons, Robert Perkins of Minneapolis, Ralph Perkins of Fergus Falls, Donald Perkins of Lewistown, Mont., and Earl Perkins of Austin; 48 grandchildren, 98 great-grandchildren and 25 great-great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Clifford (Clara) Sha of Pelican Rapids; four stepdaughters, Mrs. Otto (Anna) Mueller of Java, S.D., Mrs. Clarence (Helen) Kirshner of Rapelje, Mont., and Mrs. Gerald (Esther) Thaut and Mrs. Henry (Elise) Dalke, both of Billings, Mont.; three step-sons, Clarence Hofmann and Frank Hofmann, both of Worden, and Ernie Hofmann of Havre, Mont.; 27 step-grandchildren, 48 step-great-grandchildren and three step-great-great-grandchildren.
Deceased Family Members
Parents
: Henry H Knobel 1868–1947 and Annie Zimmerman Knobel 1870–1926
Spouse: Ambrose Henry Perkins 1891–1964 (m. 1914)
Siblings:
- Walter Henry Knobel 1895–1986
- Benjamin Franklin Knobel 1898–1981
- Clara A Knobel Sha 1901–1995
Children:
- Eleanor Cora Perkins Thompson 1915–2010
- Fern Violet Perkins Mauer 1917–2013
- Daisy Perkins Halverson 1918–2006
- Grace Marie Perkins Bengtson 1921–2017
- Donald H "Don" Perkins 1927–2012

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Brief Life History of Cora Maggie Hoffman (Knobel)
When Cora Maggie Knobel was born on 18 June 1892, in Elizabeth, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States, her father, Henry Harry Knobel, was 24, and her mother, Anna Zimmerman, was 22. She married Ambrose Henry Perkins Jr on 25 March 1914, in Elizabeth, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She also married Frank Hoffman in 1959. She lived in Buse Township, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States in 1930 and Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States in 1935. She died on 7 October 1986, in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Erhard, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States.

1. Marriage on 25 March 1914 in Elizabeth, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States between
Ambrose Henry Perkins Jr. Male 1891–1964 LCP8-TZ3 and Cora Maggie Knobel Female 1892–1986 LCPC-JK6
Children (11/12)

  1. Eleanor Cora Thompson (Perkins) Female 1915–2010 LR1T-7J1
  2. Fern Violet Mauer (Perkins) Female 1917–2013 LR1T-SDV
  3. Daisy Irene Halverson (Perkins) Female 1918–2006 LCP8-BTX
  4. Grace Marie Bengtson (Perkins) Female 1921–2017 LR1T-S67
  5. Doris Perkins Female 1922–2019 GM6N-T95
  6. Robert Dale Perkins Male 1923–2010 LCP8-B1Z
  7. Ralph Ambrose 'Mike' Perkins Male 1925–2005 94BG-D2Z
  8. Donald H Perkins Male 1927–2012 LR1R-YL4
  9. Illene Perkins Female 1930–Living GRDS-BQW
  10. Irene E Perkins Female 1930–Deceased LR1R-YLJ
  11. Ray Perkins Male 1934–Deceased GRD9-YQ4 (This may be a relative as he is not mentioned in the Eulogy as surviving or in the children's headcount)

2. Marriage on 21 January 1959 Worden, Yellowstone, Montana, United States between
Frank Hoffman Male Deceased GX22-LLH and Cora Maggie Knobel Female 1892–1986 LCPC-JK6

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Cora Maggie Hoffman's Timeline

1892
June 18, 1892
Elizabeth, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States
1918
October 8, 1918
Minnesota, United States