- Date Of Birth: December 22, 1917
- Date Of Death: October 20, 2012
- State: Indiana
Dale E. Hoffman, 94, of Elkhart, passed away of natural causes at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012, at Hubbard Hill Estates in Elkhart.
He was born in Decatur, Ind., on Dec. 22, 1917, to the late Otto and Verna (Owens) Hoffman.
Also preceding him in death are his spouses, Mary W. “Deane” (Rigdon) and Edna L. (Moyer) Eichorn; his brothers, Tom and Kenny Hoffman; and a grandson, Bradley Hoffman.
Surviving are his sons, Jerry (Nancy) Hoffman of Ann Arbor, Mich., Dick (Regina) Hoffman of New Palestine and Mark (Joanne) Eichorn of Granger; daughters Cheryl (Robert) Roswell of Edmond, Okla., and Rachel Eichorn of Elkhart; brother Chuck (Eileen) Hoffman of Sun City, Ariz.; sisters Virginia Gase of Fort Wayne and Phyllis Winteregg and Dorothy (Art) Beeler, both of Decatur; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Dale grew up as a farmer, but later worked for Miles Laboratories of Elkhart for many years, retiring in the early 1990s.
He also drove a school bus for several years, was an avid gardener and belonged to Trinity United Methodist Church of Elkhart.
He was an U.S. Army veteran during WWII, serving in Algeria, French Morocco, Tunisia and Sicily as an MP with the 16th Infantry Regiment of the 1st Infantry Division.
