Olga Hoff was the beloved wife of the late Carl for 65 years; mother of Catherine Mount (Clarence) and Karen Lafnear (James); grandmother of Patricia Edwards, Susan M. Davis, Jayne E. Bannister (William) and Steven J. Lafnear; great-grandmother of Dan and Troy Edwards, Erica Davis, and Troy Edwards, Jessica and Alan Bannister; sister of Sigurd Olsen of Bergen, Norway, Mrs. Hoff was a member of the Sons of Norway Samhold Lodge #473 in Pontiac. Her name appears on the Wall of Honor at Ellis Island. She was a member of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Auburn Hills. Mr. Hoff brought his family to Michigan to start a new life for him and his family, but Olga and their daughters returned to Norway during the Depression. During World War II they were forced to live apart from each other, exchanging letters about their lives apart. These letters were collected by their daughters and made into a book called "Six Years To Sunrise."
Olga Hoff was the beloved wife of the late Carl for 65 years; mother of Catherine Mount (Clarence) and Karen Lafnear (James); grandmother of Patricia Edwards, Susan M. Davis, Jayne E. Bannister (William) and Steven J. Lafnear; great-grandmother of Dan and Troy Edwards, Erica Davis, and Troy Edwards, Jessica and Alan Bannister; sister of Sigurd Olsen of Bergen, Norway, Mrs. Hoff was a member of the Sons of Norway Samhold Lodge #473 in Pontiac. Her name appears on the Wall of Honor at Ellis Island. She was a member of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Auburn Hills. Mr. Hoff brought his family to Michigan to start a new life for him and his family, but Olga and their daughters returned to Norway during the Depression. During World War II they were forced to live apart from each other, exchanging letters about their lives apart. These letters were collected by their daughters and made into a book called "Six Years To Sunrise."
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