Mari Hofer, age 51, of Huron, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, March 28, 2020, at Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center in Sioux Falls.

Private family graveside services were held at the Bethel Mennonite Brethren Church Cemetery.

A Celebration of Life memorial service will be held at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, her family has requested memorials be directed to the James Valley Christian School .

Mari was born July 22, 1968, to Jim and Patty (Glanzer) Gross at Huron. She was raised on a farm in rural Yale, attending school at Huron Public Schools until transferring to James Valley Christian School. After high school, Mari attended Grace College of the Bible and then the University of Nebraska at Omaha, where she obtained her teaching degree. After obtaining her teaching degree, Mari moved to Kalispell, Montana, where she taught for a year, before returning to South Dakota and teaching at Mitchell Christian for a time. While in high school, she met Quint Hofer, they attended the same colleges and dated. They were married on July 21, 1996, at Bethel Church, rural Yale. She became a stay at home mom, raising their three children; Caleb, Zachary and Lily. She recently returned to teaching at James Valley Christian School.

Mari was preceded in death by her grandparents; Walt and Lillian Glanzer, Elmer and Hazel Gross and an uncle, Wayne Gross.

Survivors include her husband, Quint; three children, Caleb Hofer, Zachary Hofer and Lily Hofer; parents Jim and Patty Gross; brother Eric Gross; mother and father-in-law, Belva and Sam Wedel; brothers and sisters-in-law, Kevin and Virginia Hofer, Julie and Greg Bruning, Pam and Jim Nedrud, Brad and Helene Wedel; and aunt and uncles, Bob and Penny Glanzer, Doreen Gross, Dave and Paulette Gross and Allen and Delane Wipf.