Ellen Louise Hoffer Troutman, 94, of Blackshear, passed away peacefully on January 9, 2024, at her residence.
She was a native of Crestline, OH, born on January 13, 1929. She moved with her husband and children to Jacksonville, FL in 1967 then several years later moved to the Bristol/Blackshear area.
She was a waitress by profession, loved meeting new people, gardening, jigsaw puzzles and spending time with family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Fred Hoffer and Helen Grubaugh Hoffer Climes; her step-father, Arnold Climes; her husband, Lloyd Everett Troutman; a daughter, Patricia Ann McFarland and four sons-in-law, Eddie McFarland, Dewaine Colley, Thomas Robinson and George Touchton; two granddaughters, Barbie Jo McFarland and Tammie Lee Runnels; a great-grandson, Brad Damian Nettles; a great-granddaughter, Danyell Evett Reynolds and all four of her brothers, Charles Hoffer (Clarabell), Glen Hoffer, Carl Hoffer (Carol) and Dale Hoffer (Josephine).
Survivors include her children, Carol Jean Colley, Blackshear, Linda Lou Robinson, Blackshear, Marie Annett Touchton, Florahome, FL, Robert A. and Barbara Troutman, Patterson and Harold D. Troutman, Blackshear; numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren and several nieces, nephews and other relatives.
Visitation will be held from 3-4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13, at the funeral home.
Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13, from the Pearson-Dial Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Mike Aldridge officiating.
Interment will be in the Bristol Cemetery.
Honorary pallbearers will be her grandsons: Glen Beck, Michael Cobb, David Robinson, Michael Touchton, Mark Touchton, Frank Touchton, Charles Troutman and Jason Troutman.
Sympathy may be expressed by signing the online register at www.pearsondial.com.
Pearson-Dial Funeral Home of Blackshear is in charge of arrangements.
