Mrs. Alice E. Hosfield, age 81, of Joplin, Missouri, passed away Sunday, April 16, 2017, at her home surrounded by family.
Alice was born in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, on March 20, 1936 to the late Charles and Marguerite (Osborne) Bauman. She moved to Joplin in 1946 and attended St. Peter’s High School, graduating in 1954. She furthered her education at Joplin Junior College and went on to receive her Bachelor’s in Education from Pittsburg State University, graduating in 1958. In August 1958, Alice was united in marriage with Thomas C. Hosfield and together they shared forty-nine years of marriage until his passing on December 26, 2007. Alice had a love of traveling and she resided in several states throughout her lifetime, including New York, New Jersey, Florida and Connecticut. She taught school for a number of years and later made her career at home as a homemaker caring for her family.
Alice had a very giving heart and she was largely involved in volunteer work, including Meals on Wheels, helping children of migrant farmworkers, Crosslines Ministries and visiting the homebound. She loved working in her yard, gardening and caring for her family. She looked forward to her annual journey to Florida with her sisters each year. Alice was a member of the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma. She was also a long-time member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Webb City and she had a great love for her church family. Her smiling face will be missed at the dessert table.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Thomas; infant son, Thomas Patrick; a brother, Ernest Bauman; and three sisters, Pearl Johnson, Faye Royer and Genevieve Gilbreth.
Survivors include her three children, Kathy Hosfield of Ashburn, Virginia, Mary Poage of Carl Junction, Missouri, and Tim Hosfield of New Castle, Colorado; five grandchildren, Meridith McMillan of Louisville, Kentucky, Patrick Poage and wife, Amy, of San Jose, California, Joanna Poage of Flagstaff, Arizona, and Molly and Katie Poage of Carl Junction; two sisters, Pat Arink of St. Louis, Missouri, and Jo Ann Westbrook of Fargo, North Dakota; two sisters-in-law, Mary Ann Toft and husband, Bob, of Duquesne, Missouri, and Betty Cope of Scottsdale, Arizona; as well as many beloved nieces and nephews.
Funeral Mass for Alice was held Thursday, April 20, 2017 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Webb City, with Father Rahab Isidor officiating. Burial followed at Memorial Park Cemetery in Neosho. Rosary will be recited at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Thornhill-Dillon Mortuary, Joplin. Online condolences may be sent through our website www.thornhilldillon.com.
Arrangements are under the personal care and direction of Thornhill-Dillon Mortuary, Joplin, Missouri.
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