DES MOINES REGISTER (IA), OBITUARIES, 1990-1999 http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search/3642.htm Headline: Obituaries Publication Date: May 04, 1999 Source: The Des Moines Register Obituary: Erma J. Hoffman, 66, of Fleur Heights Care Center, 4911 S.W. 19th St. died of a heart ailment Saturday at Des Moines General Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Tonini Funeral Home. Burial will be at Glendale Cemetery. Mrs. Hoffman was born in Peru, Ia., and came to Des Moines in 1989 from Bentonville, Ark., where she had been a manager with Wal-Mart. She is survived by four sons, Robert Jr., Timothy and Garland, all of Des Moines and Ben of Bentonville; two daughters, Victoria Nelson of Des Moines and Roberta FERGUS of Bentonville; and 12 grandchildren. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home, where the family will be present from 4 to 7 p.m.