Donald W. Hoffer
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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He was born May 11, 1917, in Kosciusko County, to John and Rena Brumbaugh Hoffer. On Jan. 2, 1943, in Laurinburg, N.C., he married Laura Jean Schell, who survives in Warsaw.
He was a lifetime Kosciusko County resident. He was a farmer, retiring in 1979.
He entered the U.S. Army on March 19, 1942, at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis. He served as a heavy machine gunner in Northern France during World War II. He became a prisoner of war when he was captured in Holland Oct. 5, 1944. A Purple Heart recipient, he also received the EAME Theater Ribbon with a bronze star. He was with the 81st Anti-Aircraft 101st Airborne Division and was honorably discharged Oct. 21, 1945, in Camp Atterbury, Ind.
Also surviving are two daughters, Mary Ann Rule, and Kathryn Hoffer, both of Warsaw; a son, David Allen (and spouse Dixie) Hoffer, Warsaw; five grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; two step-great-grandchildren; a brother, Frank Hoffer, Atwood; and a sister, Evelyn Hoffer, Fort Wayne. He was preceded in death by three sisters, Wilma and Edna Hoffer and Mary Pendleton.
Titus Funeral Home, Warsaw, is in charge of arrangements.
No visitation or service is scheduled.
A private family graveside service took place at Stony Point Cemetery.
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He was born May 11, 1917, in Kosciusko County, to John and Rena Brumbaugh Hoffer. On Jan. 2, 1943, in Laurinburg, N.C., he married Laura Jean Schell, who survives in Warsaw.
He was a lifetime Kosciusko County resident. He was a farmer, retiring in 1979.
He entered the U.S. Army on March 19, 1942, at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis. He served as a heavy machine gunner in Northern France during World War II. He became a prisoner of war when he was captured in Holland Oct. 5, 1944. A Purple Heart recipient, he also received the EAME Theater Ribbon with a bronze star. He was with the 81st Anti-Aircraft 101st Airborne Division and was honorably discharged Oct. 21, 1945, in Camp Atterbury, Ind.
Also surviving are two daughters, Mary Ann Rule, and Kathryn Hoffer, both of Warsaw; a son, David Allen (and spouse Dixie) Hoffer, Warsaw; five grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; two step-great-grandchildren; a brother, Frank Hoffer, Atwood; and a sister, Evelyn Hoffer, Fort Wayne. He was preceded in death by three sisters, Wilma and Edna Hoffer and Mary Pendleton.
Titus Funeral Home, Warsaw, is in charge of arrangements.
No visitation or service is scheduled.
A private family graveside service took place at Stony Point Cemetery.
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Memorials to the donor's choice.
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