Washington County ID Archives Obituaries.....Hoffstatter, Eliza Ann White 1902
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The Citizen 9-12-1902
The Citizen
Cambridge, Idaho
Friday, September 12, 1902
 
Death's Harvest
 
Death of Grandma Hoffstatter
 
Mrs. Eliza Ann Hoffstatter died at her home near Cambridge last Sunday evening 
after a long illness.  The funeral was conducted from the family residence on 
Monday, Sept. 8th, Rev. J. Spencer McCain, officiating.  Her remains were 
escorted to the Salubria cemetery by a large procession of relatives and 
neighbors, where the interment took place.
 
Eliza Ann White was born near Pittsburg, Pa., August 15, 1827, and lived in 
and near Pittsburg until about her 15th year, when she moved with her father's 
family to Columbus county, Iowa, in 1842.  She was married to James D. 
Hoffstatter December 29, 1844, and resided in Iowa until May 12, 1864, when 
she moved to Walla Walla, Wash., where she resided until 1874.  She was the 
mother of eight children, three girls and five boys.  She leaves a husband and 
six children to mourn her loss.  Milton D. Hoffstatter of North Yamhill, Or., 
George Hoffstatter of Cambridge, Idaho, Mrs. Josephine Moore of Walla Walla, 
Wash., Mrs. Laura E. Moore of Prescott, Wash., Mrs. Rosa E. Moffett of 
Malheur, Or., Frank Hoffstatter of Baker City, Or.  Everything that kind and 
loving hands could do was done for her in her last hours.  There were present 
at her bedside her husband and son George, her daughters Mrs. Moore and Mrs. 
Moffit, several grand children and a few kind friends.
 
Mother Hoffstatter was a devoted Christian, a faithful member of the Methodist 
Episcopal church, and died in the triumphs of the Christian faith.  The 
bereaved members of the family will have the sincere sympathy of the entire 
community.  
 
"She rests from her labors and her works do follow her."

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