Minnie Marie Huff

Minnie Marie Huff died Tuesday, December 14, 2004, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. She was 80 years old.

Minnie was born on April 27, 1924, at Maywood to Isaac Johnathan Delroy and Leila Dayle (Barton) Hoschouer. She graduated from Maywood High School in 1942.

On January 27, 1945, she married Amor Charles Huff at Marysville, Kansas. To this union five children were born. They made their home in McCook where Minnie helped keep books for their family business, Ernst Dairy. She also taught at Peace Lutheran Creative Pre-School for 17 years.

Minnie was a devoted member of Peace Lutheran Church, serving as Sunday School Teacher, Leader of Life-Light, member of Lutheran Women’s Missionary League, Prayer Chain, and volunteered hours of time quilting for missions and baking cookies for the children. In her free time she enjoyed sewing and crafts.

Preceding her in death were her parents; one sister, Ethel Christensen; and two brothers, Kenneth and Lyle Hoschouer.

Survivors include her husband, Amor Huff of McCook; son, Allen Huff and wife, Jean, of Sutherland; four daughters, Charlene and husband, Gene Wegener, of Bellevue, Talana and husband, Martin Roy, of Overton, Becky and husband, Dan Beirow, of Minden and Nancy and husband, Randy Brant, of David City; two sisters, Sylvia Rucker of McCook and Delma Snyder, of Maywood; two sisters-in-law, Jeanette Hoschouer of Chicago, IL and Marian Hoschouer of Ames, IA; 14 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Memorials were to be given in her name to KNGN Radio Station or Peace Lutheran Creative Pre-School.

Funeral services were Friday, December 17, 2004, 10:00 a.m., at Peace Lutheran Church with Pastor Randy Wahl officiating. Burial took place at Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, NE, at 2:00 p.m.

Carpenter Breland Funeral Home of McCook was in charge of the arrangements.