Marianne H. Raney

The funeral service will be held at the Old Post Chapel on Fort Myer on Monday, November 13, beginning at 2:45 pm. Burial will follow at Arlington National Cemetery. Demaine Funeral Home will be handling the funeral arrangements.

Marianne was born in Ergoldsbach, Germany to Karl and Maria Hofmeister on March 3, 1926. She graduated from college preparatory school in Salzburg, Austria, near her home in Bad Reichenhall, Germany.

She was passionate, intelligent and had a spirit of independence that she carried into a long career as a tour guide, starting in 1973 while living in Europe and continuing until 2001 when she retired in the United States. Marianne loved to travel and shared that love with her husband and children. Above all, Marianne was proud to be an Army Officer’s Wife. She held leadership positions in the Officer’s Wives Club wherever the family was stationed. Her dinner parties were legendary; her cooking art, sublime. She was especially fond of her grand and great-grandchildren, and delighted in spending time with them.

Marianne is survived by her daughters, Carolyn (Raney) Stoia, of Lakeland, FL, Nancy Raney, of Fort Smith, AR, and Linda (Raney) Tanner, of Fairfax Station, VA. She is also survived by her Grandchildren, Allison (McCarthy) Cruse, James Brendan McCarthy, Matthew Stoia, Daniel Stoia, and Forrest Tanner, as well as 8 great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband, U.S. Army Colonel Thompson L. Raney and her brother, Richard Hofmeister.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, P.O. Box 96011, Washington, D.C. 20090-6011 or online at alz.org.

May she rest in peace.