OBITUARY AND ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ABOUT POLLY ADAMS-THOMPSON-HOFFERT.

OBITUARY:
Mrs. Polly Hoffert, 91, died very suddenly at her home here last Monday afternoon and last rites were held at the McMahan Funeral Home at Pocahontas Wednesday at 2 p.m. with the pastor of the Havelock Methodist church, Rev. Wm. Bohl, officiating. Pallbearers were William Nowack, Joe Edge, Joe Vavricka and George Cole. Burial was in Washington cemetery here. Polly Strong Thompson was born in Missouri and on May 19, 1921, she was united in marriage to Fred Hoffert at Ionia, Kans. They came here to make their home on their farm east of town where they lived until they moved to their present home here. Mr. Hoffert passed away a number of years ago. She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Ella Robinson of Yale, Okla.; two brothers, Sam and Taylor Strong of West Plains, Mo.; nieces and nephews and the children of Mr. Hoffert, Henry and John Hoffert of Pocahontas, Walter of Bell, Calif., Fred of West Bend, Carl of Emmetsburg, Arthur of Newton, Albert of Royal, and Mrs. Harold Shimon of Havelock.
(Rolfe Arrow, Rolfe, Iowa, June 11 1959, from Contributor James Wilson, 47326354)

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:

Polly Strong was born about 1868 to James and Rutha Strong. The family lived in Ozark County, Missouri. Her mother died in 1879 and her father married his second wife Mrs. Sarah A. Isom in July, 1879.

Polley C. Strong married George W. Adams on May 13, 1886 in Ozark County, Missouri. They were both from Gainsville in Ozark County, Missouri. He was a veteran of the Civil War, having served in Company B, Regiment 16 of the Missouri Calvary. In January, 1888 he filed for a pension as an invalid. On February 25, 1908 Polly C. Adams filed for a pension as his widow.

Polly C. Adams about age 41 married Mathew H. Thompson age 67 on December 13, 1909 in Bolivar, Missouri. He was about the same age as her first husband and similarly was a Civil War veteran. They lived in Ionia, Kansas. Mathew died in January, 1918. After his death Polly remained at Ionia and worked as a servant. She also filed for a Civil War pension from her husband Mathew.

Polly Thompson age 52 married Frederick Hoffert age 54 in Ionia, Kansas on May 19, 1921. He was from Rolfe, Iowa and they returned to Iowa.

Polly was listed as being unable to read or write in the 1920 US census, but as able to read and write in the 1930 US census, and as grade 3 as the highest education level in the 1940 US census.

The gravestone has her birth year as 1878; however, the obituary, census records, and marriage records consistently indicate her birth year was 1868 or 1869. The birth year of 1868 is used in this memorial assuming 1878 should have been 1868.

Sources are given on the WikiTree profile for Polly (Strong) Hoffert (Strong-6628).