Adah Hoffenheimer is named after Debby Shaffer's true life Grand-mother, Adah.  The name Hoffenheimer is actually a name that Debby's oldest son Daniel "claims" to have invented back in 1992.

Adah, a.k.a., Debby Shaffer, does indeed have a Pemberville address, although her home is out in the country.  Debby graduated from Bowling Green State University with a Vocal Performance Bachelor's degree.  She has taught music at a small Christian school and given voice lessons over the years.  Before the Hoffenheimer Sisters were created, Debby sang the role of Dolly in "Hello, Dolly" and in college, the role of Mabel in the "Pirates of Penzance."  In more recent years she has had various roles in musicals and plays with the Bowling Green Community Theatre.

Debby is married to Michael (32 years in 2007) and has five sons.  Daniel (married to Riki), David, Luke, John and Zachary.  All her sons sing.  Luke, John and Zach have all had opportunities to perform in musicals and have had lead roles in their high school musical productions, which of course Debby thinks is really cool.

When not Hoffenheiming, Debby is a realtor working for Wells Bowen AND works at managing the two small companies she owns with her husband, Michael. One is a CD duplication company (got a music CD you want nice printed copies to sell?) and the other is an online coffee company.  North Coast Coffee ships freshly roasted coffee to coffee lovers all over the USA. 

My sons (Luke, John, Daniel, David & Zachary):