Mildred Maxine Lessen Hoffert Obituary (1918

LINCOLN - Mildred Maxine Lessen Hoffert, 100, passed away on Wednesday July 17, 2019 at St. Clara's Manor. Mildred was born on December 4, 1918 in Hedrick, IA; the daughter of Hayung and Freida (Milhahn) Lessen. She married Raymond Hoffert on April 26. 1945 in St. Louis. Mildred was preceded in death by her husband: Raymond, Sisters: Gertrude Clausen, Wilhemina McDaniel, infant Sophia, infant Freida, Anna Ranney, Lucille Downing, and Helen Hasenmyer, her brothers: Henry Lessen, infant John, William Lessen, and Harry Lessen. Mildred is survived by several nieces and nephews She worked as a telephone operator for General Telephone Company and was a waitress at Lessen Restaurant in Lincoln. Mildred was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lincoln. Services for Mildred will be 11:00 a.m. Monday July 22, 2019 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lincoln, IL. Visitation will be one hour prior to service. Burial at New Union Cemetery will follow the service. Memorials may be made in Mildred's name to Immanuel Lutheran Church. Services are entrusted to Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home.