Hamilton, Mont. - Edna Hoffman, 77, of Hamilton and formerly of Ashley, N.D., died Monday, Oct. 22, 2001, at the Arron Care Home in Corvallis, Mont. Edna Walz was born Dec. 29, 1923, to John and Magdalena Walz in Ashley. She married Oscar Hoffman of Ashley in 1942. They settled in Great Falls. He died in 1970. She moved to Hamilton in 1994 to be close to her daughter. She was an active charter member of the Bethel Lutheran Church in Great Falls and later became a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Hamilton. Survivors include one daughter, Joan Roe of Hamilton; one brother, Alvin Walz of Ashley; two sisters, Emelia Schulz and Anna Golnick, both of Lodi, Calif.; four grandchildren; and four great-granddaughters. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, three brothers, two sisters, one daughter and one son.