Mable Marie (Hoeffner) Larson
Marriages
Russell Larson - October 31, 1951
Obituaries
The Daily Sentinel page 7B - August 7, 2022
Marie was born in Mills,
New Mexico where she
grew up on a farm. Her
parents Sarah and Otto
Hoeffner were farmers
their entire lives. The
family later moved to a
larger farm in Mosquero, NM about 30 miles away.
Marie was the youngest of the five children. Her
siblings were Lucille (Carl), Alex (Diana), Walter
(Katsy), and Herbert (Helen). She loved music and
wanted to play the piano so her father traded a cow for a
used piano. She learned to play by ear and then learned
to read music.
She met Russell Larson on a blind date in Albuquerque,
setup by her sister Lucille and her husband Carl Lang.
Later they borrowed $20 from Carl to get married
on Halloween, 1951. They had two children, Russell
Jr. (Laura) and Linda. She has three grandchildren
Carolyn, Kevin, and Julie. She also has three great
grandchildren Landon, Isla, and Ellie.
She followed her husband around the country as he
worked for the telephone company. They lived in New
Mexico, North Dakota, Illinois, Colorado and even
lived on a one square mile island called Kwajalein, one
of the Marshall Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean.
The five years of island life was paradise on earth. After
retirement they moved to Colorado where they lived for
40 years, including Montrose, Canon City, and Grand
Junction.
Marie and her husband loved to travel the country
in their motorhome and hit every state except Alaska.
Marie was always active in church life and often played
piano for her churches. She enjoyed spending time with
friends in card clubs, bowling, new comers club, and
hiking. She moved to Solstice Senior Living facility last
May, where she made many new friends including John
and Larry who shared meals with her every day.
Her funeral will be held at the Living Hope Church,
2840 B-1/2 road, Grand Junction on August 8 at 10am.
She will be buried with her husband at Veterans
Memorial Cemetery on Thursday August 11th at
1:00pm.
