Obit: Hoffman, William (1944-1983)

Contact: Kathleen E. Englebretson

Email: kathy@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Hoffman, Rusk, Rochon, Clapps, Lock

----Source: Marshfield News-Herald (25 August 1983)

Hoffman, William (26 May 1944 - 24 August 1983)

(Note: Obit says b. 1944; Gravestone says 1945)

ABBOTSFORD -- William Hoffman, 39, of Appleton, formerly of Abbotsford, died Wednesday at Theda Clark Hospital, Neenah.

Services will be Saturday at the Maurina Funeral Home, Abbotsford. The Rev. Richard L. Fliss of Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Owen, will officiate. Burial will be in Abbotsford Public Cemetery. Visitation will be at the Maurina Funeral Home, Abbotsford.

He was born May 26, 1944 in Abbotsford, to the Late Mr. and Mrs. George (Dorcia Rusk) Hoffman. He attended Abbotsford High School. On December 26, 1971 he married Rochelle Rochon. She survives. He had lived in Appleton the last 15 years, where he was employed as a maintenance man in the experimental laboratory at Kimberly-Clark Paper Co. in Neenah. A veteran of the Vietnam War, he was a life-time member of the Veterans of Foreign wars, Post 2227 of Colby.

Survivors include three step-sons, Jules and Neal Clapps, and Nick Lock, all of Combined Locks; and five brothers, Thomas of Abbotsford, Richard of Durham, North Carolina, Bernard of Oshkosh, Theodore and Kurt, both of Milwaukee.

He was also predeceased by two sisters.