Donald Hoffmann
Donald H. Hoffmann, a Cortlandt resident, died July 6. He was 87.
Hoffman was born in Queens on Nov. 9, 1932, to Henry and Katherine Hoffmann. He served honorably in the United States Army during the Korean War. After his time in the Army, he returned to Queens where he married Marilyn Bub in May 1956. For eight years he was employed at the Brooklyn Navy Yard while attending NYU at night to earn his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. In 1964, he and Marilyn moved to the Peekskill/Cortlandt area where he worked as a civil engineer at AT&T in White Plains for 30 years.
Don (Pops) was the most generous, kind, loving and considerate person you could ever meet. Anyone who got the chance to meet him adored him. His life revolved around his family, faith, friends and volunteer work. He enjoyed playing golf, going to the movies, watching the Mets, spending time with his grandchildren, volunteering for the Boy Scouts of America and serving as a Road to Recovery volunteer. After retirement, he dedicated a majority of his life serving on various committees for the United Methodist Church in Shrub Oak. One of his favorite annual traditions was hosting a family vacation at Woodloch Pines. He will be missed by all but never forgotten.
Hoffmann is survived by his daughter, Deborah Speedling, and her husband, Gary; his son, Donald, and his wife, Deborah; his son, Dwayne, and his wife, Denise; and his grandchildren, Stephanie, Jennifer, Steven, Eric, Troy and Quinn. He was predeceased by his wife, Marilyn, in 2013.
