Everyday you did a good “deed”.

If it were you, we would all succeed.

You hardly ever complained.

Even towards the end, a smile on your face.

Was it hard to pretend? Or were you just that tough?

My kind of man.

You never even hardly shed a tear;

Maybe at church a couple of times.

You were always there right by my side,

To see me through all the troubled times.

Now you have gone to rest in Heaven;

If anyone deserves it, it is you.

I know there is room up there,

For me to be with you. 

David Randal Hoffman was born January 24, 1963 at Tioga Medical Center Hospital to Don and Shirley Hoffman. He was the 4th child. He graduated from Tioga High School in May 1981. He worked at Farmers Union Oil Co. during high school, then proceeded to work for several years in the Bakken Oil Fields after graduating. He went on to marry Connie Neumann in 1985 and they resided in Williston, ND. They eventually moved to Wahpeton, ND where he attended NDSCS and received his degree as a COTA. He then moved his family to Roswell, NM where he worked for the school system for several years. 

He was preceded in death by his father, Don Hoffman Sr, his sister Debbie Hoffman Bakken Spencer, his brother Don Hoffman, and his first wife Connie Neumann Hoffmann Bencomo.

He is survived by his partner, Melanie Finch; children, Brad Neumann, Loren (Brittney) Neumann, Paul Neumann, Cruz Silva, Nathaniel Sentell, Jessica Finch, Gabriel Sentell, Brielle Lay; 12 grandchildren; mother, Shirley Zoll Hoffman; siblings, Doneva Hoffman Szabo, Dean Hoffman; Various nieces and nephews; ex-wife, Shana Panky; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Green.