HOFFMAN, William 1861-1931

HOFFMAN, MINER, EGGERT

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 9/19/2012 at 11:48:52

William Hoffman – 1861 – March 11, 1931

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HOFFMAN RITES WILL BE FRIDAY
SERVICES AT ROCKFORD FOR FORMER HARVESTER HEAD IN SWITZERLAND

Charles City, March 12 – Mr. and Mrs. Fred Miner and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Eggert will go to Rockford Friday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Miner’s and Mr. Eggert’s uncle, William Hoffman, 70, who dropped dead on the streets of Mitchell, South Dakota, Wednesday afternoon.

Mr. Hoffman spent his childhood in Rockford. For 25 years he was president of the International Harvester Company of Switzerland.
Since his retirement he had lived in Mitchell. His two nieces of Mitchell accompanied the body to Rockford, where Mr. Hoffman has a brother, L. T. Hoffman.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Thursday March 12, 1931

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William Hoffman was born in 1861 in Illinois, the son of George and Barbara Hoffman. His parents and a couple siblings are also buried in the Riverside Cemetery, Rockford, Floyd, Iowa.

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Name: William Hoffman
Death Date: 1931
Page #: 52
Birth Date: 1861
Cemetery: Riverside
Town: Rockford
Level Info: Tombstone Records of Floyd County