Barbara Stoffa

May 9, 1932 - June 15, 2008

Barbara Maxine Stoffa, age, 76, of Albia, died Sunday June 15, 2008, at the Monroe Care Center in Albia, Iowa. Barbara was born May 9, 1932 in Given, Iowa to Clarence Edmund and Opal Pearl (Emanuel) Silvers. Barb was raised with her brothers and sisters on the family farm in the Eddyville area. Barb attended and graduated from Eddyville High School. She married Howard Andrew Stoffa on July 1, 1950. Barbara and Howard were married for 45 years, before her beloved husband Howard died on October 22, 1995. Barbara was a homemaker until the mid 1960?s. Then she started working at the Monroe County Hospital, retiring in May of 1994. Barbara is survived by three children; Howard Dennis Stoffa and wife Christine of Ankeny, Donald Stoffa and his wife Julie of River Falls, WI, Jeff Stoffa and his wife Margie of Albia. Six grandchildren; Aaron and wife Jeanette, Wyatt, Justin, Sarah, Mallory, Murray Stoffa; one great grandchild Shelby Stoffa. Barbara is preceded in death by her parents, Clarence and Opal; her husband Howard; two brothers Russell and Kenneth Silvers, two sisters; Lucille Stewart and Retha Watts. Funeral services will be held at 10:30A.M., Friday, June 20, 2008, at St. Paul?s Lutheran Church in Albia, with Rev. Timothy Stoller officiating. Burial will follow services at Service Chapel Cemetery north of Albia. Visitation will begin at 10:00 A.M., Thursday, June 19th, at the Winfield Funeral Home, with the family present from 5 to 8:00P.M., Thursday evening. A memorial will be announced by the family at a later date.