Sonya Jean Eckert Hoffman passed peacefully at home Friday, Oct. 26, 2018, at the age of 80.
She was born in Warsaw in August 1938 to Charles and Frances Krauter Eckert. Sonya graduated from Sidney High School in 1956, and Shapero School of Nursing in 1972. After a full nursing career at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich., she retired in 1998 and returned to Indiana.
Sonya loved people, animals, traveling and gardening. Her enthusiasm was legendary and she will be deeply missed.
Sonya is survived by three children: Tari, Mark and Todd; five grandchildren: Jack, Neal, Gina, Annie and Michael; four sisters: Jody, Janet, Janice and Sharon; and her special niece, Kami.
Cremation prearrangements were made, and no services are planned per her request.
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Memorials to The Rescue Mission, P.O. Box 11116, Fort Wayne, IN 46855-1116.
