Hoffman, Louis J. 1865-1940

HOFFMAN, HERBST

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 12/12/2011 at 21:09:24

LeMars Globe-Post
October 24, 1940

LOUIS HOFFMAN DIED THURSDAY
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD SATURDAY AFTERNOON

Louis J. Hoffman, well known resident of Stanton township, passed away
Thursday morning at his home following a heart attack. Mr. Hoffman had not
been in good health for several months. He was 75 years of age.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock from the
home and at two o’clock from St. John’s Lutheran Church with Rev. L. L. Belk
officiating. Interment will be made in the City Cemetery under the direction
of Mauer’s funeral home.

Surviving to mourn his loss besides his widow are four sons: Werner and
Theodore, of LeMars; Elmer, of Akron; and Louis, of Storden, Minn.; and one
daughter, Gertrude. There is also one brother, John, and a sister,
Katherine.

Louis J. Hoffman was born on March 6, 1865, at Florence, Illinois, and had
lived in Plymouth county for the past 50 years, where he farmed for many
years. He married Christina Herbst on January 5, 1905.