Alice Hoffman, 92, of Perry passed away Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, at the King’s Gardens Campus of the Perry Lutheran Homes in Perry, Iowa.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Sept. 23 at 5 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Perry. Visitation will be Friday, Sept. 22 from 5-7 p.m. at the Carris Family Funeral Home and Cremation Care in Perry. A private family graveside service will be held in the Fairview Cemetery near Perry, Iowa, a later date.
Alice Lee Hoffman was born Sept. 9, 1931, in Waukee, Iowa, to Raymond Samuel and Bessie N. (Keltner) Flinn.
She attended the Adel High School.
Alice was united in marriage to Russell Lee Hoffman at the Methodist Church in Adel on Feb. 26, 1950.
She worked at Conklin Jewelers, Adel Sale Barn, Perry Sale Barn and as a clerk for Hornsby Auction.
Alice was a member of the Fairview Methodist Church and Fairview Ladies Aid.
She loved cooking for her family and friends, baking, canning goods from the garden, bowling, golfing, and playing cards. One of her greatest joys was blessing others with one of her baked goods.
Russ and Alice traveled to Germany, Alaska and the Panama Canal. They also traveled many times to Idaho, California, Arizona and Texas.
In death she rejoins her husband, Russell Lee Hoffman; parents, Raymond and Bessie; two brothers; and four sisters.
Left to cherish Alice’s memory are her sons, James “Rusty” Hanuman and wife, Diane Hoffman, of Eugene, Oregon, and Robert Hoffman of Urbandale; daughter, Lorrie Motsick and her husband, Bob Nevitt, of Panora; 11 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; special friend Darrold Bice; and many nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to Tori’s Angels, Suncrest Hospice, Fairview Ladies Aide or the Perry Elks Lodge and may be left at the funeral home. Online condolences may be left at www.carrisfuneralhome.com.
