Annette M. Kirchhoffer, 84, of 22 Allison Place, New Dorp, who wed the young man who'd been her childhood sweetheart in their native France and with him owned and operated the family business, died Wednesday at Staten Island University Hospital in Ocean Breeze.
She was born Annette Antoine in Alsace, France, where she met her future husband, George E. Kirchhoffer, when both were children. They were separated when he moved with his family to New Dorp, where his parents, Xavier and Clemence Kirchhoffer, established Moravian Florist in 1927.
Meanwhile, she grew up and graduated from college in France - where he saw duty in the U.S. Army during World War II - and he returned to Alsace to marry the girl he had loved for so long.
After the war, the couple settled in New Dorp.
Mrs. Kirchhoffer worked at Moravian Florist from the mid-1940s until July of this year.
She loved to travel, and especially enjoyed vacationing in the home she and her husband owned for more than twenty-five years in Martinique, French West Indies.
Mrs. Kirchhoffer was a parishioner of Our Lady Queen of Peace R.C. Church, New Dorp.
George, her husband of more than forty-five years, died in 1991. Her son, Paul X., died in April.
Surviving are her son, George H.; six grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be held tomorrow from the Hanley Funeral Home, New Dorp, with a Mass at 10:30 a.m. in Our Lady Queen of Peace Church.
Burial will follow in Moravian Cemetery, also New Dorp.
Published in the Staten Island Advance on October 1, 2010.
She was born Annette Antoine in Alsace, France, where she met her future husband, George E. Kirchhoffer, when both were children. They were separated when he moved with his family to New Dorp, where his parents, Xavier and Clemence Kirchhoffer, established Moravian Florist in 1927.
Meanwhile, she grew up and graduated from college in France - where he saw duty in the U.S. Army during World War II - and he returned to Alsace to marry the girl he had loved for so long.
After the war, the couple settled in New Dorp.
Mrs. Kirchhoffer worked at Moravian Florist from the mid-1940s until July of this year.
She loved to travel, and especially enjoyed vacationing in the home she and her husband owned for more than twenty-five years in Martinique, French West Indies.
Mrs. Kirchhoffer was a parishioner of Our Lady Queen of Peace R.C. Church, New Dorp.
George, her husband of more than forty-five years, died in 1991. Her son, Paul X., died in April.
Surviving are her son, George H.; six grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be held tomorrow from the Hanley Funeral Home, New Dorp, with a Mass at 10:30 a.m. in Our Lady Queen of Peace Church.
Burial will follow in Moravian Cemetery, also New Dorp.
Published in the Staten Island Advance on October 1, 2010.
Annette M. Kirchhoffer, 84, of 22 Allison Place, New Dorp, who wed the young man who'd been her childhood sweetheart in their native France and with him owned and operated the family business, died Wednesday at Staten Island University Hospital in Ocean Breeze.
She was born Annette Antoine in Alsace, France, where she met her future husband, George E. Kirchhoffer, when both were children. They were separated when he moved with his family to New Dorp, where his parents, Xavier and Clemence Kirchhoffer, established Moravian Florist in 1927.
Meanwhile, she grew up and graduated from college in France - where he saw duty in the U.S. Army during World War II - and he returned to Alsace to marry the girl he had loved for so long.
After the war, the couple settled in New Dorp.
Mrs. Kirchhoffer worked at Moravian Florist from the mid-1940s until July of this year.
She loved to travel, and especially enjoyed vacationing in the home she and her husband owned for more than twenty-five years in Martinique, French West Indies.
Mrs. Kirchhoffer was a parishioner of Our Lady Queen of Peace R.C. Church, New Dorp.
George, her husband of more than forty-five years, died in 1991. Her son, Paul X., died in April.
Surviving are her son, George H.; six grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be held tomorrow from the Hanley Funeral Home, New Dorp, with a Mass at 10:30 a.m. in Our Lady Queen of Peace Church.
Burial will follow in Moravian Cemetery, also New Dorp.
Published in the Staten Island Advance on October 1, 2010.
She was born Annette Antoine in Alsace, France, where she met her future husband, George E. Kirchhoffer, when both were children. They were separated when he moved with his family to New Dorp, where his parents, Xavier and Clemence Kirchhoffer, established Moravian Florist in 1927.
Meanwhile, she grew up and graduated from college in France - where he saw duty in the U.S. Army during World War II - and he returned to Alsace to marry the girl he had loved for so long.
After the war, the couple settled in New Dorp.
Mrs. Kirchhoffer worked at Moravian Florist from the mid-1940s until July of this year.
She loved to travel, and especially enjoyed vacationing in the home she and her husband owned for more than twenty-five years in Martinique, French West Indies.
Mrs. Kirchhoffer was a parishioner of Our Lady Queen of Peace R.C. Church, New Dorp.
George, her husband of more than forty-five years, died in 1991. Her son, Paul X., died in April.
Surviving are her son, George H.; six grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be held tomorrow from the Hanley Funeral Home, New Dorp, with a Mass at 10:30 a.m. in Our Lady Queen of Peace Church.
Burial will follow in Moravian Cemetery, also New Dorp.
Published in the Staten Island Advance on October 1, 2010.
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