On November 12, 1924, he was united in marriage to Miss Elsie Kuhn at Manning. In the year 1925 the young couple went to Walnut, Iowa, to enter a successful hardware business and to make their home. Being a man of sterling quality he has won his place in the esteem of the community. Mr. Hoffmann had been afflicted with a heart ailment for years, but it was ordained that an infection should, through a period of a week, cause his death, which came early Monday morning, April 5, 1937. His age was 34 years, 7 months, and 9 days.

His father, a brother and a sister have preceded him in death.

Those mourning his passing are his faithful wife, three children, Dale, Ruth, and Mary; his mother, one brother, Emil of Holstein, Iowa; a sister, Mrs. Laura Fehr of Salem, Ohio, and many other relatives and friends.

Services were conducted at the Evangelical church at Walnut, Iowa Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock, with the Rev. William Krummel in charge. Burial was in the Walnut Cemetery.

The choir sang "Face to Face With Christ My Savior, and "The Old Rugged Cross."
April 8, 1937, Manning Monitor

Former Manning Resident Dies In Omaha Hospital
Walter Hoffman, 35, Victim Of Old Heart Trouble
Funeral services for Walter Hoffmann of Walnut, formerly of Manning, who passed away Monday morning, will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Evangelical Church in Walnut.
Mr. Hoffmann, who was a member of a well-known Manning family, died in an Omaha hospital at 1:15 o'clock Monday morning. He had suffered with heart trouble since he was 15 years old.
HERE FOR EASTER
On Easter Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Hoffmann and family visited his mother, Elise (Mrs. Henry) Hoffmann, Sr., his wife's sister, Emma (Mrs. Steve) Wycoff, and other relatives in Manning. Mr. Hoffmann was feeling fine at that time, but when he returned home in the evening he was suddenly taken ill. His condition became quite serious the following Thursday, on which day his mother was called to his bedside. He was taken to the Omaha hospital Friday. The cause of his death was given as poison in, the blood stream.
BORN IN 1912
Mr. Hoffmann was born at Manning in August 1902. He was married to Miss Elsie Kuhn of Manning on November 12, 1924. For the past 12 years they have lived in Walnut, where Mr. Hoffmann owned and operated a hardware store.
While residing in Manning, he worked for the Rober-Wehrmann Company, of which his father was the founder. He also worked for the Claus H. Reinholdt Hardware company.
SURVIVORS
Survivors include his wife and three children, Dale, Ruth and Mary. He also leaves his mother, one brother. Emil Hoffmann of Holstein, and two sisters, Amanda (Mrs. John J.) Miller of Denison and Mrs. Laura Fehr of Salem, Oregon, who will arrive Wednesday morning to attend the funeral. His father preceded him in death.
Carroll Daily Times Herald, April 6, 1937

HOFFMANN RITES HELD AT MANNING
Funeral services for Walter Hoffmann, 35, were held in the Evangelical Church at Walnut Wednesday. Burial was in Walnut Cemetery. Mr. Hoffmann was born and reared in Manning and spent most of his life here. He had been employed by Rober Wehrmann Company and the Claus H. Reinholdt Hardware Company in Manning.
At the time of his death, he owned and operated a hardware store in Walnut, where he has lived for about ten years. He had been ill for some time. He died in an Omaha hospital Monday. He is survived by his mother; his widow, who was Miss Elsie Kuhn of Manning; three children, Dale, Ruth, and Mary; a brother, Emil, of Holstein, Iowa; two sisters, Mrs. Amanda Miller of Denison. and Mrs. Laura Fehr of Salem, Oregon.
Daily Nonpareil, April 7, 1937

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I want to also comment about people who are taking my obituaries, pictures, and/or other articles about a person/family and posting them on other websites.
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June 26, 1919, Manning Monitor