Lores Ray Hofstetter

1910 - 1996  (85 years)

• Name	Lores Ray Hofstetter  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Birth	15 Apr 1910	Kidron, Wayne County, Ohio, United States of America   [6, 7, 8, 9, 11]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1950	Sugar Creek, Wayne, Ohio, USA   [9]
  	Occupation: Farmer; Relation to Head of House: Head; Marital Status: Married
  Death	27 Mar 1996	Kidron, Ohio, USA   [7, 8, 11]
  Burial	Kidron, Wayne County, Ohio, United States of America   [8]
  Person ID	I5980	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	David J. Hofstetter, *,   b. 27 Jun 1875, Wayne County, Ohio, United States of America d. 5 Jun 1970, Kidron, Wayne County, Ohio, United States of America (Age 94 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Levina Gerber,   b. 10 May 1879, Wayne County, Ohio, United States of America d. 27 Oct 1954, Kidron, Wayne County, Ohio, United States of America (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	8 Jun 1901	Sugar Creek Township, Wayne County, Ohio, USA   [5]
  Family ID	F639	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Esther Hershberger,   b. 7 Apr 1912, Berlin, Holmes County, Ohio, United States of America d. 28 Sep 1961 (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	3 Apr 1949	Holmes, Ohio, USA   [6]
  _MARRIED	N
  Family ID	F635	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Laura Nussbaum, (From Wealthy Family),   b. 19 Jun 1916, Ohio, USA d. 16 Jun 1946 (Age 29 years)
  Marriage	19 Jun 1938	Wayne, Ohio, USA   [6, 7]
  _MARRIED	N
  Children	1. Living Hofstetter  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Harley Dean Hofstetter,   b. Abt 1941, Ohio, USA d. 2 May 2018, Rittman, , OH (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Living Hofstetter  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F636	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Marriage	19 Jun 1938  [7]
  Family ID	F8304	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Lores was married 3 times. I'm not sure yet it what order. According to the 1950 farm directory, he owned an 80 acre dairy, livestock and poultry farm located on Road #156, #1, Dalton, Kidron, Ohio.

  
  

• Sources

  [S796] Hofstetter, Mike, Interview dated 2007 by Linda Coate. [S943] The Wayne County History Book Committee, A History of Wayne County, Ohio (Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing Company, c1987). [S1530] Wayne County Ohio Farm and Business Directory, 1950-1952. [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Tree, 1,1030::0. [S1447] Family Data Collection (www.ancestry.com). [S363] Ancestry.com, Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;). [S432] Ancestry.com, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S., Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2015;). [S21] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5031677/lores-ray-hofstetter [S240] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Sugar Creek, Wayne, Ohio; Roll: 5776; Page: 33; Enumeration District: 85-56. [S484] Ancestry.com, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2019;), The Evening Independent; Publication Date: 17 Jun 1946; Publication Place: Massillon, Ohio, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/3970528/?article=0b4c81b7-c831-40cd-a1ef-d9d08a0d2215&focus=0.6239147,0.22670393,0.74619913,0.39377403&xid=3355. https://www.newspapers.com/image/3970528/?article=0b4c81b7-c831-40cd-a1ef-d9d08a0d2215&focus=0.6239147,0.22670393,0.74619913,0.39377403&xid=3355 [S560] Social Security Death Index at www.ancestry.com.