Adele Edna (Highkal) Offringa of Wareham, MA went to be with her Heavenly Father in her 96th year on Saturday, February 10, 2018 in Phoenixville, PA while at the Seasons Hospice and Palliative Care Unit of the Phoenixville Hospital. She was the wife of Allan Richard Offringa, Sr., who died in 1990.

Adele was one of eight children born to Helen (Israel) Highkal and George Abraham Highkal. She is survived by only one of her sisters, Victoria Alexis who is 98 years old (Missouri) and a sister-in-law, Barbara Highkal of Saddlebrook, New Jersey. She is also survived by one son, Allan R. Offringa Jr. (Gail) of Rochester MA, a daughter, Jane O. Rowan (James) of East Coventry, PA, and a daughter-in-law, Barbara G. Offringa, wife of deceased son, Gregory A.(died 2015) of Sharon Massachusetts, seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Adele was an active member of the Church in the Pines in West Wareham, MA, giving dedicated service as a women's Sunday school teacher. She also loved participating in the choir and led the choir for a time. Adele loved serving at the church with her husband Allan, and both also served as volunteers at Tobey Hospital for a number of years. While in her eighties and not allowing her blindness to deter her, Adele served as a chaplain in the Community Chaplain Service by visiting area nursing homes, going from bed to bed encouraging residents with a spiritual message about how her Savior, the Lord Jesus, gave her strength to face her blindness and all difficulties in life. At times, Adele would sing and play hymns on the piano for the residents even though she never had a piano lesson but could play a hymn by ear as requested. Adele loved dark chocolate and to play Skipbo, and did not often lose.

Interment will be private at the Agawam Cemetery in Wareham, but a public memorial service is planned for the month of April at the Church in the Pines. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts can be made to the Church in the Pines Building Fund, 17 Carver Road, West Wareham, MA 02576. Condolences may be offered online at www.PhoenixvilleFuneralHome.com.