Louise (Hoffmeister) Goodner

Photos mostly courtesy John Hocker
Daughter of Louis and Millie Hoffmeister, she was born August 1896.
Her older sister Wilma was born in 1894. Sister Florence was born 1898, brother Carleton in 1903, sister Grace in 1907, and brother Louis in 1913. Louis passed away young, in 1926.
Her father married Lillie Miller October 5, 1893 in Central City. His obituary says he moved to Rifle December 1901. Other news accounts say they moved from Glenwood Springs.
Louise graduated from Rifle Union High sometime berween 1912 and 1914. Records show her 2 year younger sister Florence graduated in 1916.
Louise attended Normal School in Gunnison graduating in 1919 and with her sister Florence who graduated at the same time.
Prior to that, Louise and her best friend Laurie Walker spent a year teaching at the Sunlight School outside Glenwood.
Louise and John Hocker had been best friends and were engaged. But John went to War in 1917 and they never married. Instead in 1924 Louise married James R. Goodner also a veteran. James was 26 and Louise was 28. Records suggest the Goodners were from Glenwood.
John Hocker married Elsie Estelle Ford in 1925. We have the Rifle Hocker Ford family from that. This collection of photos of Louise was saved by John.
News records show Louise taught Second Grade in the Rifle Grade School for the year 1919. Would be immediately after graduating from Gunnison.
Cemetery records show both Louise and James Goodner are buried at Ft. Collins. His photo shows a WW1 style uniform. She passed away in 1981, he passed away in 1984.
About all the historical records show.

Louis Hoffmeister Obituary

Hocker Family

J R Goodner

 

 

 

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