George Frederic Hoffman II 1925-2012
HOFFMAN, HORN, ADAMSON, DIXON, VINER
Posted By: Curtis (email)
Date: 5/15/2012 at 13:58:06
DEATH NOTICE:
(The Leon Journal-Reporter Leon, Iowa February 29, 2012)
HOFFMAN, George Frederic "G.F.", 86, formerly of Leon, Iowa, died on Thursday, February 23, 2012 in Tucson, Arizona. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 17, 2012 at Slade O'Donnell Funeral Home in Leon.
Survivors include his two sons, Mike Hoffman and Todd Hoffman, both of Blair, Nebraska.
DEATH NOTICE:
(The Leon Journal-Reporter Leon, Iowa March 14, 2012)
HOFFMAN, George Frederic, "G.F." II, 86, formerly of Leon, Iowa died on Thursday, February 23, 2012, in Green Valley, Arizona. Memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, march 17, 2012 at the Slade-O'Donnell Funeral Home in Leon, with family presiding.
Memorials may be given to the Long Lake Area Association Foundation or to the Central Decatur Community School Foundation.
Obituary -
(The Leon Journal-Reporter Leon, Iowa March 14, 2012)
GEORGE FREDERIC "G.F." HOFFMAN II ... George Frederic Hoffman II, age 86, was born in Leon Iowa on November 15, 1925 to George Frederic and Katharin [Horn] Hoffman.
He died in Green Valley Arizona on Thursday, February 23, 2012.
G.F., as he was known grew up in Leon and graduated from Leon High School in 1943. He then joined the United States Army Air Corps where he flew 35 missions over Germany as a B-17 tail gunner in WWII with the 359 Squadron of the 303rd Bomb Group, known as the Hell's Angels. G.F. played football, basketball, and received his undergraduate degree from Simpson College. He graduated from the Univeristy of Iowa Law School in 1950 and then began practicing law in Leon, Iowa for the next 55 years at the same firm his grandfather started in 1878. At the time of his retirement Hoffman Law Firm was the oldest continuous family law firm in Iowa. He was a lifetime member of the Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers.
As a young man, G.F. worked as a lifeguard on the shores of Lake Michigan and helped Edgar Hansel pilot a boat from the Great Lakes down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. G.F. was an avid fisherman, hunter, golfer, and Iowa Hawkeye fan. In the days before refrigeration he worked delivering ice to the cabins along Long Lake. He often hitchhiked or rode his Indian motorcycle to get to the lake that he loved. He spent 80 memorable summers with family and friends at the cabin on Long Lake at Park Rapids, Minnesota.
G.F. was preceded in death in 2006 by both his granddaughter, Abigail Nicole "Abby" Hoffman and his loving wife of 55 years, Betty Marie [Adamson] Hoffman; in 2009, by his son, George Frederic "Jeff" Hoffman III; and sisters, Katharin "Kit Sue" Dixon and Mamie Nell Viner and husband Dr. Thomas Viner.
He is survived by his loving companion, Phyllis Westberg of Forest Lake, Minnesota; sons, Michael Andrew Hoffman of Blair, NE and Todd Eric Hoffman and wife Janet of Omaha, NE; grandchildren, Ryan Michael Hoffman and wife April of Omaha, Elizabeth Marie Hoffman of Philadelphia, PA, Scott Eric Hoffman, and twins, Sarah Elizabeth Hoffman and Katherine Patricia "Katie" Hoffman, all of Omaha; great grandchildren, Jaidyn Michael Hoffman, Elle Kate Hoffman, and Lily Abigail Hoffman, all of Omaha; foreign exchange son, Atsuro "Atz" Endo of Japan; and other relatives and many friends.
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