Elsie Helen (Dyce) Hoffman, age 87, formerly of Sioux Falls, SD died Thursday, January 24, 2008 at the Hudson Healthcare Center in Hudson, SD. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM, Monday, February 4, 2008 at the Salvation Army Chapel, 800 North Cliff Avenue, Sioux Falls, SD with Major Betty Bender officiating. Burial will be in the Our Redeemer Lutheran Cemetery, Bryant, SD at approximately 2:15 PM. Visitations will be on hour prior to the service at the Salvation Army Chapel. Kostel Funeral Home and Crematory, Yankton, SD is in charge of arrangements.
Elsie Helen Dyce was born May 20, 1920, the oldest of four children, to William and Anna (Tufte) Dyce. Elsie lived, worked, and took care of her parents in Nunda, SD. She met the love of her life at a dance. She married Arthur James Hoffman on May 20, 1958. They farmed around Bryant, SD area, where Elsie raised a few horses, that she loved to take care of.
Due to ill health, Art and Elsie sold they farm and moved to Sioux Falls in 1969. Being avid dancers, they loved going to the Arkota Ballroom, Gibbon, MN Polka Festival, and any dance that they could attend. After Art died, Elsie's health diminished. She was a long time resident of the Hudson Healthcare Center until her death.
Elsie is survived by 5 nieces: Martha Ann Traxler, West Unity, OH; Barbara Norkavage, Toledo, OH; Betty Bender, Diana Kinsley, and Carol Nedved, all of Sioux Falls, SD; 5 nephews: John Bender, Westminster, CO; Jim Bender, Leo Bender, and Ed Bender, all of Sioux Falls, SD, and Bob Bender, Hartford, SD; also many great nieces and great nephews, cousins, and all at the Hudson Healthcare Center.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Art; baby daughter, Darlene; her parents; a brother, Andrew Dyce; two sisters, Martha Thompson and Violet Bender.
The family would like to thank the people at Hudson Healthcare Center and Hospice of Siouxland for being with Elsie at the time of her death.
