Reva Hoffman

Reva Jane (Thurlow) Hoffman, 96, of Chapman, Kansas, passed away Nov. 10, 2021, with family by her side.

A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021, at the Chapman United Methodist Church with visitation beginning at 10 a.m. and service at 11:30 a.m., followed by lunch and fellowship. Online condolences may be shared at www.martinbeckercarlson.com/londeen-overlease-funeral-chapel.

Reva was born Dec. 30, 1924, the daughter of Elizabeth (Luthi) and Charles Thurlow. She was a native of the Wakefield area, graduated with the class of 1942 from Dickinson County Community High School in Chapman and attended Kansas State College, pursuing her passion for horticulture. She was a 4-H member in Clay County and a National 4-H Congress trip winner in 1945.

Following high school, Reva taught country school for four years. On May 12, 1946, she married Dean Hoffman and farmed alongside Dean in Dickinson, Butler and Clay counties before the couple settled south of Pearl, where they lived for nearly 50 years. Reva was very active in the community, serving as a 4-H leader for more than 20 years, as well as a member and officer of both the Dickinson County Republican Women’s Club and the Farm Bureau. She served on the election board for Liberty Township for nearly 40 years and was employed by ALCO-Duckwall for 28 years, retiring at age 86.

Although she didn’t complete a college degree, she was a life-long learner and saw to it her four children each graduated from Kansas State University. She always will be remembered for her love of family, her delicious fried chicken, cherry pie, sweet pickles, hot rolls and chocolate cake, but most memorable are her mischievous smile, her gracious demeanor, her passion for nature – especially wild birds and the flowers and plants she generously shared with everyone – and the gentle care she extended to the many baby lambs, pigs and calves that paraded through her home.

Reva is survived by sons, Dan (Linda) of Edmond, Okla., Gary of Scottsbluff, Neb.; daughters, Deanna (Dee) Weeda (Monty Starlin) of Creston and Sally (Tim) Stroda of Manhattan, Kan.; grandchildren: Matt (Jenn) Hoffman of St. Augustine, Fla., Daniel (Jenni) Hoffman of Abilene, Kan., Cameron Weeda of Creston, Candace Weeda Strobbe (Chet) of Cascade, Mont., Jacob (Chelsea) Stroda of Randolph, Kan. and Wade Stroda of Newton, Kan., as well as four great grandchildren. Also surviving are sisters-in-law Roberta Thurlow of Chapman and Bobbie Thurlow of Auburn, Ala.; numerous nieces and nephews and her dear family at Chapman Valley Manor, who loved and cared for her the last six years of her life.

She was preceded in death by her husband in 2015, parents, a sister and five brothers.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given in Reva’s name to Dickinson County 4-H, the Wakefield Museum or Chapman Valley Manor and dropped off or sent in care of Londeen-Overlease Funeral Chapel, Box 411, Chapman, KS 67431.