Marilyn Georgie Hockenbary was born March 20, 1923 to George and Hattie Elizabeth (Eveland) Hoffman at Brocksburg, Nebraska. After 94 plus years of living, she passed away December 12, 2017 at Rapid City Regional Hospital.

Having previously moved to the Martin, SD area, she graduated from Bennett County High School Class of 1940. After graduation, she went on to Southern State College in Springfield, SD for a teaching certificate. She then taught school in a one-room school for two (?) years in rural Bennett County.

After the US entered WWII, she worked for the Union Pacific Rail Road for a short time. Later, she worked in the shipyards in Portland, OR until the war ended.

After the war ended, she returned to teaching in Bennett County where she met Elmer (Bud) Hockenbary, who had returned from the war. They were married in Rushville, NE on February 9, 1946.

They had two sons, James and Terry. Bud and Georgie ranched in Bennett, Todd and Jones counties and then moved to Rapid City in 1967 where she has since lived.

She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, Bud’s parents, all of her siblings, all of Bud’s siblings, many nieces and nephews; most of her friends and neighbors - the list is endless.

She is survived by her two sons, James (Barb) and Terry (Janyce), seven grandkids, three step-grandkids, fourteen great grandkids, five step great grandkids, two great-great grandsons, one of whom was born on December 12, just a few hours before she passed away. She is also survived by a sister in-law, Joan Jordan, a brother in-law, Harold Hoopes, many nieces and nephews and a bunch of neighbors and friends at Jackson Heights.

A time of remembrance will be held at the cafeteria in Jackson Heights, 1805 W, Fulton, Rapid City, SD on December 15, 2017 at 2:00 PM. Friends and relatives are asked to bring pictures and their oral remembrances to share.

Georgie may be gone from the life, but will hardly be forgotten. As some have shared, “Feisty” would be a description, that is a great understatement! The Greatest Generation is fading away.