Carlene Jo Hoffman

Carlene Jo Hoffman, daughter of the late Raymond Harold & Pauline Roe Odil & John Odil, was born on January 4, 1944 in McCook, Nebraska, and lived an adventure that ended with her peaceful death in the early morning of December 5, 2016. She was a traveling photographer who documented innumerable happy church gatherings over a twenty year period while also being a loving caretaker to her parents in Towanda, KS. She left Kansas to live out her days in Carlyss, Louisiana in a cottage in the countryside. She was surrounded by family and golden retrievers.  She enjoyed baking, tending to her plants, and bargain hunting at garage sales.

She is preceded in death by son, Lance Finney and granddaughter, Manda Finney. She is survived by her children: Gara Anthony, Kurt Finney, Jill Bolen; son-in-laws, Bill Bolen and Mike Anthony; grandchildren, Tobin Anthony, Jared Anthony, Jenna Anthony, Ashley Finney, Allison Finney, Kogan Finney, Kine Finney, John Metoyer, Kristina Metoyer, and Jacob Bolen; six great-grandchildren; one great-great grandchild and her stepmother, Jenny Harold; sister, Dani DuPont; brother-in-law, Raymond DuPont,; and nephew/niece Ryan & Dawn DuPont.