Mary Magdalene Hohenfeldt, 89, of Blue Springs, Mo, passed peacefully into the arms of her Heavenly Father on April 25, 2023. Her parents found God’s truth when she was a young girl of eight. Mary made her choice to serve the Lord when she was 14 years old. She loved God’s truth and considered all the workers and friends as her beloved brothers and sisters.
Mary met her husband Rodger through the truth fellowship when they were teenagers. Even though they didn’t appear to like each other much at first, they eventually fell in love and got married when she was 20 and Rodger was 18. They started a close-knit family right away and had five children – Randy, Teresa, Lila, Marc, and Tony.
Mary thoroughly loved music, and she began playing a pump organ at the age of four. Although she never learned to read a note, playing the organ became her lifelong passion. Everyone who heard her play was in admiration of her remarkable talent.
Mary is survived by her children, Teresa Schauffler of Grandview, Mo, Lila Smith (Jack) of Blue Springs, Mo, Marc Hohenfeldt of Concordia, Mo, and Anthony Hohenfeldt (Lisa) of Santa Rosa, Mo; 19 grandchildren, over 30 great-grandchildren; Two great-great grandchildren (with another on the way).
Mary was preceded in death by her parents, Lloyd Melvin Rowden (1970) and Amanda Jane (Smith) Rowden (1986); husband, Rodger Lloyd Hohenfeldt (1997); and son, Randall Steven Hohenfeldt (2014). She was the seventh of eight children, and the last of them to greet eternity.
Family and friends will be able to say their farewells to Mary on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, At Royer Funeral Home, 100 Royer Lane, Grain Valley, Missouri. Visitation will be 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. with service to follow at 2:00 p.m. She will be laid to rest alongside Rodger in the Blue Springs Cemetery at S.W. Cemetery Road and S.W. Walnut Street in Blue Springs, Mo. In Lieu of flowers, please donate to a charity of your choice.
Obituary submitted by family.
Arrangements: Royer Funeral Home, Grain Valley, MO 816-847-4441
Sandy (Watson) Linder
28 Apr 2023Loved your sweet mother! Warm thoughts are with all of you!
Anna Marie Lambeth
2 May 2023Thinking of all today, with much love and sympathy.
Calvin Penland
2 May 2023Our thoughts and prayers are with all of Mary’s family and friends today. Mary and I was lifetime friends, going to the same meetings, being in fellowship with Mary, her parents and siblings. Wish we could be with you today. Very Precious Memories! Our Love, Calvin and Nedda
Beverly Hesebeck Rundle
2 Nov 2023I have been trying to reach Mary for some time totally unaware of her passing. Memories are flooding past. Rodger was my first cousin. Mary lived with us for awhile in 1954. I and my brother stood up with them when they married in our home. Have missed her calls. Think she must have called in March or so and I always tried to call her on their anniversary, November.
My sympathy to her children.