Alma Liabastre Hoyle
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On December 7, 2020, Alma Ann (Loomis) Hoyle passed away peacefully at age 97 at First Health Hospice of Pinehurst, NC. Born on December 6, 1923, in Roselle Park NJ to the late Ann Loomis Meyers and Albert Liabastre, she was preceded in death by her husband John McKinley Hoyle and her sister Valerie Loomis Cadden.
When Alma's children were young, it was usual for women to stay home with the children while their husbands worked. But even by the standards of the era, Alma was an exceptional mother. She volunteered in the schools that her children attended. She did this not out of obligation, but because of who she was. She was always the first to offer help her friends.
When her children were all in school, Alma had a long career as the school secretary of Colgate Elementary School with Baltimore County Public Schools, MD. She was a beautiful artist enjoying painting in her younger years and later turning her talents to sewing and creating quilts, making Halloween costumes for her grandchildren, and beautiful holiday crafts. She loved playing cards and games.
Alma is survived by three daughters, all of whom live in North Carolina: Valarie Zeithaml Steenkamp of Chapel Hill; Wendy Johnelle Rode of Southern Pines; and Laura Hoyle Ridzon and her husband Gerard Ridzon of Pinehurst. She is also survived by four grandchildren, Brian Joseph Zeithaml and his wife Gaythri Zeithaml of Camas WA; Joseph McKinley Rode of Baltimore MD; Allison Anne Bringardner and her husband Andy Bringardner of Naples FL; and Jonathan Andrew Ridzon and his wife Sarah Ridzon of Hampton Falls, NH as well as nine great grandchildren: Jaiman Nair, Milan Nair, and Lela Nair Zeithaml; Ray McKinley Rode; Myles Andrew, Regan Anne, and Colin Joseph Bringardner: and Luke Aslan and Penelope Rae Ridzon.
Online condolences may be left at: www.bolesfuneralhome.com
Services are entrusted to Boles Funeral Home of Southern Pines.