Delores (Mermis) Hoffman

Delores Mermis Hoffman

Delores Mermis Hoffman, 84, Hays, died Friday, March 20, 2015 at the Locust Grove Village in LaCrosse, Kansas.

She was born October 7, 1930 in Hays the daughter of Frank C. and Bernadine (Leiker) Mermis.  On December 16, 1950 she married Ralph J. Hoffman in Leesville, Louisiana.  He died February 13, 2000.  She was a homemaker and religion teacher for many years.  She enjoyed camping, RV travelling, and she loved her brothers and sisters and family deeply.

Survivors include a son Mark Hoffman of Milpitas, CA, two brothers Frank Mermis II and wife Shirley of Olathe, and William “Bill” Mermis and wife Betty Jean of Overland Park, a sister Alice Munsch Herrman and husband Mike of Schoenchen, three grandchildren Apryl Winston, Kristen Hoffman, and Steven Hoffman, two great grandchildren Brianna and Ariana, brothers in law James Hoffman and wife Vera, Melvin Schmidt, and Alex Leiker, and sisters in law Lillian Hoffman Pfeifer, Rosie Mermis  and Mary Ann Mermis, and numerous nieces and nephews. 

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, a son David Hoffman, a daughter Barbara Jean Winston, three brothers Cecil F. Mermis and wife Dorothy, Vernon J. Mermis, and Gerald L. Mermis, three sisters Lillian Arnhold and husband Daniel, Mary Ellen Schmidt, and Betty L. Leiker, and a brother in law Al Pfeifer.

Funeral services will be at 3:00 pm on Saturday, March 28, 2015 at the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 1906 Pine.  Burial will be at a later date next to her husband in the Cedar Lawn Memorial Park in Fremont, California.  Visitation will be from 12:00 noon until service time on Saturday at the funeral home.  Memorials are suggested to family wishes or masses, in care of the funeral home.  Condolences may be left for the family at www.haysmemorial.com