RICHARD HOFFMAN

SADLY  WE LOST A LONG TIME MAZEPPA CITIZEN WITH THE PASSING OF RICHARD HOFFMAN.  ( MARCH 11 , 2019 )  BORN  MAY 18 , 1937 IN SIPESVILLE AND THE SON OF PARK AND HAZEL HOFMAN.  MARRIED FOR 62 YEARS TO NANCY AND 3 CHILDREN JEFFREY , DAVID AND JOCELYN.   HE GREW UP IN WEST MILTON AND AFTER 2 YEARS AT BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY WAS ACCEPTED  INTO THE NAVAL AIR CADET PROGRAM.  HE RECEIVED HIS WINGS AND WAS COMMISSIONED INTO THE MARINE CORPS. ASSIGNED TO THE FIRST NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER , THE ENTERPRISE , DURING THE CUBAN CRISIS.  SERVED AS A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR IN KINGSVILLE , TEXAS AND THEN WAS A PILOT FOR AMERICAN AIRLINES.  WILL GET PERSONAL NOW AS I GREW UP ACROSS THE CREEK FROM THE HOFFMANS AND GREATER NEIGHBORS YOU WILL NEVER HAVE.  NANCY AND ANNETTE WEISER WERE MY DEN MOTHERS THE FEW YEARS I PARTICIPATED IN THE SCOUTS.  OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH THE WHOLE HOFFMAN FAMILY