COLUMBIANA - Elva E. Huffman, 107, passed away early Sunday morning at Whispering Pines Village of infirmities of age. Elva was born on December 29, 1906 in Columbiana, a daughter of Jonas and Laura E. (Longanecker) Horst. She graduated from the Mahoning County Normal School in 1926, and attended Kent State University and Youngstown State University. Elva began teaching in Boardman in 1928, and was employed as a school teacher by Boardman, Sebring, and Beaver Local school districts, retiring from Beaver Local in 1974 after thirty years. She was a proud member of the Ohio State Teacher's Retirement System. She also attended Midway Mennonite Church for many years. Elva leaves to cherish her memory two sons, Gerald W. Huffman of New Waterford and Leonard B. Huffman of Shade, OH; one sister Hazel Kurtz, of Verona, WI; three grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Lurtie W. Huffman, her sisters Mildred Snyder, Katherine Pine-VanDyke, and Esther Ernst; and brothers Waldo, Howard, Arthur, Galen, Robert, and Myron Horst. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, December 24 at 11 a.m. at Seederly-Mong and Beck Funeral Home, 154 S. Elm Street, Columbiana, OH 44408. The family will receive friends from 10-11 a.m. Monday December 24 at Seederly-Mong and Beck Funeral Home, 154 S. Elm St., Columbiana, OH 44408. The Seederly-Mong & Beck Funeral Home in Columbiana, Ohio is entrusted with the arrangements. Family and friends are invited to visit www.seederly-mongandbeck.com to sign the guestbook or send private condolences.