Elfreda (Toodie) Jahnke, 80, passed away Saturday, August 3, 2019. Funeral services will be 10:00 AM Wednesday, August 7, 2019 at St. John’s United Church of Christ in Otto, Texas with Reverend Felice officiating. Visitation will be from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at Adams Funeral Home in Marlin, Texas.
Elfreda was born on January 26, 1939, in Otto, Texas, to Oscar Hefelfinger Sr. and Freda Minnie (Pankonien) Hefelfinger. She attended school at Otto Elementary and then in Mart. Elfreda Hefelfinger married Charlie Jahnke at St. John’s United Church of Christ on July 6, 1957. She loved camping, working in her flower garden, baking, quilting, dancing and traveling, but her greatest interest was her grandchildren and great- grandchildren.
Preceding Elfreda in death were her parents; husband Charlie Jahnke; daughter Charlotte Whited; great- granddaughter Kamryn Trevathan and four sisters and four brothers.
Survivors include her brother Marvin Hefelfinger; sons’, Kenneth Jahnke, wife Debbie, and Dennis Jahnke, wife Denise; daughter Teresa Jahnke; grandsons’ Joshua Pace, wife Mandy, Chris Dodd, wife Jennifer, Evan Jahnke, Landon Jahnke and Hunter Jahnke; granddaughters’ Kendall Trevathan, husband Keanon, Ashley Schrader and Hadley Jahnke; great-grandsons’ Ethan Pace, Logan Pace, Kason Trevathan, Kristopher Dodd, Isaac Dodd and Brayden Dodd; great-granddaughters’ Gianina Jahnke and Kaisley Trevathan.
