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Irene I. Lola Hoffman

Female 1916 - 1991  (75 years)


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  • Name Irene I. Lola Hoffman  [1
    Birth 4 Oct 1916  Rockford, Floyd, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Death 19 Oct 1991  Charles City, Floyd, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Riverside Cemetery, Rockford, Floyd, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • Irene I. Bierbaum, 75, of rural Charles City, Iowa, died unexpectedly Saturday, October 19, 1991, at the Floyd County Memorial Hospital after being stricken at home.

      Funeral services were held on Tuesday, October 22, 1991, at the Colwell United Church of Christ in Colwell with the Rev. R. Treichel officiating. Burial was in the Riverside Cemetery at Rockford, Iowa. Fullerton Hage Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

      Irene I. Bierbaum was born on October 4, 1916, on the family farm in rural Rockford, the daughter of Walter and Lola Reihm Hoffman. She attended schools in Rockford. On July 6, 1933 she was married to Leander H. Bierbaum in Garner, Iowa. The couple made their home on the family farm southeast of Rockford. In 1950 they moved to a farm they had purchased northeast of Charles City. He died July 28, 1976. She continued to live on the farm until her death. She was a member of the Colwell United Church of Christ and the Colwell Senior Citizens. She was active in the church's fall dinners and in quilting and afghan making.

      Living family members include two sons and their wives{, Walter and Barbara Bierbaum of Mason City, and Richard and Joanne Bierbaum of Cedar Rapids}; one daughter and her husband{, Mary and Harvey Hanson of Vermillion, South Dakota}; two brothers{, Robert Hoffman of Rockford and Lyle Hoffman of Shoshoni, Wyoming}; 13 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. [2]
    Person ID I38424  Mindrum
    Last Modified 26 Aug 2014 

    Father Walter Scott Hoffman,   b. 19 Jan 1876, Rockford, Floyd, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1927 (Age 50 years) 
    Mother Iola Helen Riehm,   b. 12 Jun 1889   d. Mar 1968, Rockford, Floyd, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Family ID F26205  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Leander H. Lee Bierbaum,   b. 10 Mar 1911, Monroe Co., Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jul 1976, Charles City, Floyd, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Children 
     1. Richard Lee Bierbaum,   b. 6 Nov 1935, Rockford, Floyd, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jul 2008, Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    Family ID F26210  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Sep 2023 

  • Sources 
    1. [S6231] findagrave.

    2. [S8194] Irene Bierbaum obituary, Nora Springs Advertiser - Rockford Register, 23 Oct 1991.