Hoffman, John 1913 - 1951

HOFFMAN, FAUST

Posted By: Doris Hoffman, Volunteer (email)
Date: 12/27/2010 at 22:22:45

Note: His mother's maiden name was Faust.
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John Hoffman, 38, Dies Rites Tuesday In Akron

John Hoffman, 38, of Le Mars died suddenly Friday, Sept. 14 when returning home from Helena, Mont. Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning, Sept. 18 at 9 o'clock at St. Patrick's church in Akron. Father J. G. Skahill will officiate at the services. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

John Hoffman was born, Jan. 21, 1913, at Westfield, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Hoffman. He had lived in or near Le Mars all his life except for the past month had been working in Helena, Mont. He served in World War 2 and was a member of Wasmer Post of the American Legion.

Surviving besides the parents are five brothers, Delbert, Bernard, Maynard, Cleo and Charles of Le Mars and four sisters: Mrs. Vernon (Winifred) Morehead of Orange City; Mrs. Ralph (Margaret) Heyl; Mrs. Le Roy (Rose) Welter and Mrs. Joseph (Neva) Lewis, all of Le Mars.

Wiltgen-Luedtke funeral home was in charge of arrangements.

Le Mars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
Tuesday, September 18, 1951
Le Mars, Iowa
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[Additional Iowa newspaper article found detailing his circumstance of death~Submitter L. Ziemann]

Hunt Teen-Age Trio After Iowa Man Beaten to Death

HOUSTON (AP)—Three teenagers, led by a girl nicknamed “Wildcat,” were sought in Houston, Texas, today after being named as the slayers of a 38-year-old Iowa man in Miles City, Mont., last week.

Houston police and the Harris county sheriff’s department were asked to keep watch for the trio, including two 16-year-old girls and a 16-year-old boy, by Custer County Sheriff, C. M. Allen of Miles City.

Sheriff Allen said he had received information that the three stole an automobile near Laurel, Mont., and when they left there confided they planned to drive to Houston, where one of the girls has a boy friend.

The man for whose slaying they are sought is John Hoffman, 38, who stopped off in Miles City September 11, while en route from the west coast to his home in LeMars, Iowa. Sheriff Allen said Hoffman was found that night lying in an alley brutally beaten. He died in a hospital in Miles City last Friday.

Prior to his death he described his assailants as a teen-age trio he had befriended during his stop in the Montana city, Sheriff Allen said. Further investigation resulted in the arrest in Laurel of a 15-year-old boy, who said he was with the other three when they brutally beat Hoffman and robbed him of $60. It was from this boy that authorities learned the three were headed here.

~Source: Iowa City Press-Citizen, Iowa City, IA – Thursday, September 20, 1951
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