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Harvey Hoffman
Birth: Oct. 8, 1923
Lodi
San Joaquin County
California, USA
Death: Jan. 22, 2012
Rugby
Pierce County
North Dakota, USA
Harvey Hoffman was born Oct. 8, 1923, to Peter and Aneta Hoffman of McClusky. Following a move to Lodi, Calif., to work in the grape vineyards, Harvey entered the military service in March 1943. He was honorably discharged as an army sergeant in September 1945.
On a military leave in December 1944, Harvey met Alice Dockter Schick of Denhoff. They were married June 14, 1945, in Renton, Wash., where Harvey was stationed.
After his discharge from the Army, Harvey worked in a Bismarck bakery. Later, with his brother, Walter, Harvey opened a bakery in McClusky. In 1951, Harvey returned to Lodi with Alice and their two children, Dale and Brenda. Shortly after their move to California, they discovered that Alice and Brenda had tuberculosis. The family returned to North Dakota for treatment for Alice and Brenda at the North Dakota State Tuberculosis Sanatorium at San Haven.
Initially a cook in the hospital kitchens, Harvey soon accepted the job of baker ? for which he was noted. Harvey worked at San Haven until his retirement in 1986. Alice was employed at San Haven for 28 years ? most of them as the executive housekeeper ? following her release from the hospital in 1953.
Harvey and Alice moved to Rugby after retirement continuing their travels through the 50 United States. The first 17 years of retirement, they wintered in Truth or Consequences, N.M., frequently visiting their daughter, Cynthia, and family of Santa Fe. They also fished and camped most of each summer at North Dakota's Lake Sakakawea.
He was a charter member of the Rugby Eagles Club and a member of the Rugby American Legion, Elks and Moose clubs. He loved dancing, fishing, visiting with friends around a campfire and cars.
Harvey died of natural causes on Jan. 22, 2012.
He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Alice; his son, Dale (Loretta), Phoenix; his daughters, Brenda (Dr. David) Pazandak, Greenville, S.C., and Cynthia (Michael) Allstead, Santa Fe, N.M.; one grandson, David (Angela) and their daughter, Isabella, Powell, Ohio; two granddaughters, Lisa, Madison, Wis., and Michele, Ponderey, Idaho; one brother, Robert (Corrine), Baldwin; and one sister, Marge (Harvey) Lyman, Bismarck.
His parents; two brothers, Walter and Herbert; and one sister, Vivian, preceded him in death.
Harvey's great-granddaughter and three grandchildren are his honorary pallbearers.
The review for Harvey Hoffman will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, at Anderson Funeral Home, Rugby, with burial the afternoon of Feb. 3 at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan.
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Parents:
Peter Hoffman (1888 - 1980)
Annetta Haas Hoffman (1893 - 1973)
Spouse:
Alice Dockter Schick Hoffman (1926 - 2012)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
North Dakota Veterans Cemetery
Mandan
Morton County
North Dakota, USA
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1923 - 2012 (88 years)