John Claud Hoffman Albuquerque, New Mexico Obituary

John Claud Hoffman

<p style="text-align: center;">JOHN CLAUD HOFFMAN&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;11-14-1945 to 1-17-2022&nbsp;</p> <p>John C. Hoffman, along with his twin sister, Jeanne, was born on November 14,&nbsp;1945&nbsp;at St.&nbsp;Joseph Hospital on Martin Luther King Blvd.&nbsp;in Albuquerque, NM. They were the youngest additions to the family, making him&nbsp;one&nbsp;of&nbsp;seven&nbsp;children born to Claude&nbsp;and&nbsp;Lela Hoffman. &nbsp;John liked to say he had&nbsp;three&nbsp;twin sisters,&nbsp;since his oldest sisters were twins along with his very own twin sister.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>John was an amazing man and from the age of 2 or 3 he knew that life was not going to be a spectator sport.&nbsp;&nbsp;He quit school when his father became incapacitated by Parkinsons Disease and as a 15-year-old he took his&nbsp;Dad&rsquo;s&nbsp;place working for J.W.&nbsp; Lewis, a local electrical contractor. From J.W. Lewis he went to Amrep in Rio Rancho wiring the first houses built &ldquo;way out there.&rdquo;&nbsp; From Amrep he went to Southwestern Electric where he stayed until he decided to start his own business in 1977 and Hoffman&rsquo;s Electric was born, which he successfully ran for the next 45 years. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>At the age of 17 he and one of his buddies, Ronnie Follis, followed a fire truck to see where it was going.&nbsp; It was a haystack fire and the boys being big and strong were recruited by the firefighters to help carry the bales out.&nbsp; After the fire was out, they went to the fire station to fill out paperwork and just like that Bernalillo County Fire District 2 had&nbsp;two&nbsp;new volunteers. John stayed with them for the next 23 years&nbsp;&hellip;..&nbsp;15 years as Chief.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>He was active in Associated Builders &amp; Contractors serving as president for 2 years.&nbsp;&nbsp;He was a state commissioner with Construction Industries Commission under Governor Gary Johnson for&nbsp;eight&nbsp;years serving as Chair for&nbsp;seven&nbsp;of those years.&nbsp;&nbsp;He was a member of Civitan International for over 30 years.&nbsp;&nbsp;He was an active member of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation for 30 years serving as the Albuquerque Chair for&nbsp;two&nbsp;years, state chair for&nbsp;four&nbsp;years and regional chair for&nbsp;six. He became an Imperial Habitat Partner in 2017.&nbsp;</p> <p>He enjoyed spending time at his cabin in the Brazos and served on the Board of Directors of the Brazos Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association for 18 years (yes of course &hellip;. serving as president).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>You didn&rsquo;t have to&nbsp;guess&nbsp;at&nbsp;where you stood with John. If you asked him a question&nbsp;you&nbsp;better hold onto your hat because you&rsquo;d get an answer. &nbsp;He was always the first one in line to help anyone who needed it even if they weren&rsquo;t aware they needed help.&nbsp;&nbsp;He never turned his back on a challenge.&nbsp; Whether it was a water leak in the Brazos or a plug with no power he&rsquo;d figure it out and he&rsquo;d fix it.&nbsp; And he never expected you to work harder or longer than he did.&nbsp;&nbsp;His passions were cruising, snowmobiling,&nbsp;hot air ballooning,&nbsp;and elk hunting.&nbsp;</p> <p>He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law,&nbsp;Peter&nbsp;and&nbsp;April Hoffman,&nbsp;two&nbsp;grandsons,&nbsp;Alexander&nbsp;and&nbsp;Jacob; two&nbsp;sisters,&nbsp;Maxine Jenkins&nbsp;and&nbsp;Jeanne Butler;&nbsp;dear sister-in-law,&nbsp;Ruth Hoffman;&nbsp;nieces and nephews,&nbsp;Sandy Boyer, Janice Gordanier (Floyd), Kent Boyer (Charlotte), Mark Boyer (Gretta), Catherine Kitterman (Everett), Marilyn&nbsp;Maito&nbsp;(John), Kenneth Moseley (Linda), Rick Jenkins (Jean), Judy Follis (Bob), Steven Hoffman (Renay), Karl Hoffman, Lynn Yount (John) Raymond Hoffman, Karen Fenn (Ted), Nancy Childers (Buddy), Alan Guinn (Rachel),&nbsp;and&nbsp;Connie Orona (Manual);&nbsp;his&nbsp;longtime companion,&nbsp;Twila Donaldson; and also, many great-nieces,&nbsp;great-nephews, and many lifelong friends.&nbsp;&nbsp;He was preceded&nbsp;in death&nbsp;by his parents,&nbsp;Claude&nbsp;and&nbsp;Lela Hoffman;&nbsp;sister,&nbsp;Mary Guinn;&nbsp;brother,&nbsp;Dwight Hoffman;&nbsp;and twin sisters,&nbsp;Zella Boyer&nbsp;and&nbsp;Della Moseley.&nbsp;</p> <p>Viewing will be&nbsp;held on Friday,&nbsp;January 28, 2022,&nbsp;from 6:00 p.m.&nbsp;to&nbsp;9:00 p.m.&nbsp;at&nbsp;FRENCH-University.&nbsp;&nbsp;Services will be held on Saturday, January 29, 2022, 10:30&nbsp;a.m,&nbsp;at&nbsp;First Baptist Church of West Albuquerque, 6400 Golf Course Rd.&nbsp;NW, 87120.&nbsp;&nbsp;KN95 face masks will be provided.&nbsp; Burial will&nbsp;follow&nbsp;at Sunset Memorial Park, 924&nbsp;Menaul&nbsp;Blvd. NE.&nbsp;Pallbearers&nbsp;will be&nbsp;Tom Coombs, Guy Coombs, James Lucero, Walter Meech, Milford Nez,&nbsp;and Floyd Sanders.&nbsp; Honorary pallbearers&nbsp;will be&nbsp;his nephews,&nbsp;Rick Jenkins, Kent Boyer, Mark Boyer, Steven Hoffman, Karl Hoffman, Raymond Hoffman, Kenneth Moseley,&nbsp;and Alan Guinn.&nbsp;</p> <p>For those unable to attend in person, the service will be live streamed on First Baptist Church of West Albuquerque Facebook page.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>In lieu of flowers please make donations to Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Albuquerque Chapter, 1713 Quail Run Ct.&nbsp;NE, Albuquerque, NM 87122.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>
November 14, 1945 - January 17, 202211/14/194501/17/2022
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Les Walraven
January 29, 2022
Johnny was the best neighbor you could ever have. He and the whole Hoffman family were treasured friends of the Walraven family on Cerro Vista. Our sincere condolences in his loss!
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The Bracken Family George, Walter, Diane and Charisima
January 29, 2022
Please accept our sincere condolences on the passing of John. John was a special friend to our family and he will be missed.
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Ronald H Follis6
January 28, 2022
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny!! Oh what a life you lived..Your head stone should read "Been there, Done that" or "I did it my way "(Usually the hard way). I will forever have the memories of the things we did and the times we had in the 60s. You were there for me when I came ho... Continue Reading
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Cheryl Skinner
January 28, 2022
John wired the strawbale house we built outside of Magdalena. We really enjoyed each others company during the job, then John went further when he volunteered to stand up for Dušan at our wedding. His positive "let's get it done" attitude was great! Cheryl Skinner and Du... Continue Reading
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Diana Doyle McMahan
January 28, 2022
My brother Jack and I grew up with the Hoffman's as close neighbors. I spent as much time at their house as at my own. Mary was one of my best friends.
Mary and I pushed John and Jeanne in their strollers.
Love them all and miss not being there for them.
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Bill and joeanne mack
January 26, 2022
We are so sorry to hear about John our prayers surround your family
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Allen Kerby
January 26, 2022
Such a true statement. You didn’t have to guess at where you stood with John. Once you got to know him he would do anything to help you out. I first met John in 2001 when I moved to New Mexico as Regional Director for RMEF. John was very passionate about RMEF and after ... Continue Reading
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Ted Geving
January 25, 2022
John was one of the most energetic and compassionate people I have ever met. I first encountered him in 2003 when I had Hoffman Electric wire some houses that my company, Timber Creek Construction, was building. We became fast friends over shared interests in hunting and... Continue Reading
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The staff at French Funerals and Cremations-University & Lomas
January 20, 2022
We plant this tree as a living memorial to John. We are deeply sorry for your loss.
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