Alfrieda F. Puthoff, 88, Versailles, died Dec. 16, 2011, at her residence.

She was born March 22, 1923, in Osgood to Frank and Anna Winner Poeppelman. On Sept. 6, 1944, she married Norbert A. Puthoff, who died Nov. 21, 2006.

Surviving are seven children, Karen (Richard) Drees, Versailles, Mary Jane Johnson, Dayton, David (Karen) Puthoff, Marshal, N.C., Brenda (Phil) Rutherford, Sidney, Frank (Cara) Puthoff, Kettering, Richard "Rick" Puthoff, Versailles, and Steven (Marlene) Puthoff, Versailles; six siblings, Caroline Cron, Boise, Idaho, Irene Prenger, Egypt, Theresa Will, Minster, Edwin (Rosemary) Poeppelman, Osgood, Victor (Sylvia) Poeppelman, Dallas, Texas, Jeannie Ebert, Columbia, Tenn.; in-laws, Victor Baumer, Minster, Raymond Prenger, New Bremen, Helen Puthoff, Dayton, and Norma Puthoff, Fort Loramie; 19 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Deceased are a son, Thomas Puthoff; a son-in-law, Thomas Johnson; and siblings, Amelia and Luenda Poeppelman, Romilda Prenger, Maryann Baumer and Frank Poeppelman Jr.

A member of St. Nicholas Catholic church, she was active in the St. Barbara Ladies Sodality. She was a homemaker, and for several years had been a cook at Versailles High School.

A Mass of Christian Burial is 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the church, the Rev. David L. Zink officiating. Burial will follow at St. Martin Cemetery.

Calling is 3-8 p.m. today and 9-10 a.m. Tuesday at Gehret Funeral Home, Fort Loramie.

Memorials may be made to State of the Heart Hospice or to donor's choice.

Condolences may be left at gehretfuneralhome.com.