Individual Details
Rita Helen Berken
(23 Mar 1941 - 30 Jan 2022)
Events
| Birth | 23 Mar 1941 | Roberts Cove, Acadia Parish, LA |  | ||
| Marriage | 21 Jan 1961 | Acadia Parish, LA - Jesse Wilbur Hoffpauir Jr. | | ||
| Residence | May 2005 | Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, LA | |||
| Death | 30 Jan 2022 | home, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, LA | | ||
| Burial | 5 Feb 2022 | St. Leo IV Cemetery, Roberts Cove, Acadia Parish, LA |  | |
Families
| Spouse | Jesse Wilbur Hoffpauir Jr. (1940 - 2002) |
| Child | Michael Wayne Hoffpauir (1962 - ) |
| Father | Johan Casper Berken ( - ) |
| Mother | Thecla Thevis ( - ) |
| Sibling | Vincent J. Berken ( - ) |
| Sibling | Christina Berken ( - ) |
| Sibling | Josephine Berken ( - ) |
| Sibling | Angela Berken ( - ) |
| Sibling | Mary Berken ( - ) |
| Sibling | Aloysius Berken ( - ) |
| Sibling | Herman Berken ( - ) |
| Sibling | Ronnie Berken ( - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Berken ( - ) |
| Sibling | Anne Louise Berken ( - ) |
Notes
Burial
Obituary: Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, February 5, 2022 at 10:00 amat Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Church for Rita Berken Hoffpauir, 80, who died Sunday, January 30, 2022 at her home with her family by her side. Family request that visitation be observed on Friday, February 4, 2022 from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm at The Vineyard Baptist Church on Gulf Highway in Lake Charles, with a rosary to be prayed at 6:00 pm. Graveyard services will begin at 1:30 at St. Leo IV Cemetery in Roberts Cove, LA. Rita Berken Hoffpauir was born on March 23, 1941 in Roberts Cove, LA. She was the youngest of eleven children. She graduated from St. Michael Catholic School and then became a licensed beautician. She was a member of Christ the King Catholic Church where she was a member of the Ladies Altar Society, a Eucharistic Minister and sewed baptismal bibs for the 0church. She belonged to Threads of Love Sewing Ministry and the Red Hat Society. She enjoyed traveling with her sisters and friends; with Nova Scotia being her most memorable trip. Her passions were sewing, crafting, painting, crocheting and gardening. Survivors are a son Michael Hoffpauir; grandchildren, Lauren Hoffpauir, Alexis Hoffpauir and Landon Witsman; a great grandson, Elliot Hoffpauir; Sister-in-laws, Marie Berken, Brenda Berken and Brenda H. Hornsby.She is proceeded in death by her husband, Jesse Wilbur Hoffpauir; parents Johan Casper and Thecla Berken; four brothers, Al, Herman, Vincent and Reinhard Berken; six sisters, Elizabeth B. Klein, Christina B. Hornsby, Angela B. Leger, Mary B. Harrington, Josephine B. Thevis and Ann Louise Berken.
Endnotes
1. Brenda Joy Hoffpauir.
2. Felton Morgan (Hoffpauir Family Association CD).
3. Acadia Parish Marriage Records.
4. Obituary.
5. Obituary.