Gregory Hofman
Gregory Fred Hofman, 73, died Feb. 17, 2021, in Mesa, Ariz.
He was born June 4, 1947, in Williston, N.D., to Fred and Dorothy Hofman of McCabe. He was baptized and confirmed in Ebenezer Lutheran Church. He attended McCabe Elementary School and attended high school in Culbertson. While in high school, he was active in FFA, played football and was on the 1965 District 2C Championship team for the Culbertson Cowboys.
On April 18, 1970, he married Judy Lyseng of Froid. They celebrated their golden anniversary on April 18, 2020.
He served in the Montana National Guard and retired after 21 years of service to his country. He served as the chief of police for the town of Culbertson and was the manager at Petrolane before working at Continental Grain east of Culbertson. He then worked for the State of Montana as a G.V.W. compliance officer at the Culbertson scale for more than 20 years before retiring.
He was an EMT with the Culbertson ambulance service for 25 years. He was a member of the Culbertson fire department for 15 years and was involved with the Scouting program in Culbertson for over 25 years. He was an active member of the FFA alumni and drove a number of trips to the national FFA convention in Kansas City, Mo. He even served a term as the state president for the Montana FFA Alumni Association.
He raised cattle and helped his children with their FFA projects at the family farm in McCabe. He also spent many years operating the game clock for Culbertson high school basketball games. He enjoyed bowling, hunting and camping with the family.
He and Judy began splitting time at the farm in McCabe and Mesa, Ariz., in 2012. They made many new friends and he enjoyed playing shuffle board while escaping the cold winter weather back in Montana.
He is survived by his wife, Judy; son, Fred Hofman of Norris; daughter, Terri Ann Merrill of Culbertson; sister, Cheryl Arthur of Culbertson; brothers, Dean Hofman of Worden, Ill., and Jerry Hofman of Bakersville, Calif.; four grandchildren; and one great-grandson.
He was preceded in death by his son, Theodore Gregory Hofman.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 24, at Ebenezer Lutheran Church in McCabe with Pastor Greg Holler-Dinsmore officiating.
