Eda A. Hoffland, age 100, passed away on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at the Willows Nursing Home in Sun Prairie. She was born on August 14, 1915 in Madison to Anton and Anna (Schneller) Gassner. She married E. Milo Hoffland in 1937 in Iowa. She was a former member of Christ Lutheran Church in DeForest and current member of United Methodist Church in Sun Prairie. She was an avid Brewer and Packer Fan. Eda loved to travel with her husband and later with friends in U.S., Canada and Europe. She was an active volunteer at Colonial View Apartments where she was a longtime resident.
Eda is survived by her children, Beverly (Jack) Shipley of Sun Prairie, Janet Mahlkuch of Sun Prairie, and John (Marga Lincoln) Hoffland of Helena, MT; 6 grandchildren, Patrick (Tina) Shipley, Kevin Shipley, Kelly (Kristi) Shipley, Christine (Andrew) Romagna, Heidi (Jim) Wick, and Rosa Lincoln; 8 great-grandchildren, Madeline, Katherine, Alek, Anna, Drew, MaryAnn, Dalton, and Trent and a sister-in-law Mary Ann Emerson.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and her husband in 1980.
Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 19, 2016 at Tuschen-Newcomer Funeral Home 302 Columbus Street in Sun Prairie with Pastor Frank Gaylord presiding. Burial will be at Norway Grove Lutheran Cemetery in DeForest. A visitation will be held from 9:30 a.m. until the time of service on Saturday at the Funeral Home. Memorials can be made to Colonial View Apartments or Sun Prairie United Methodist Church.
Tuschen-Newcomer Funeral Home
Sun Prairie, WI 608-837-5400
www.newcomerfh.com