Raymond Louis Hoffman

Raymond Louis Hoffman obituary, Cottage Grove, MN

Raymond Louis Hoffman

Raymond Hoffman Obituary

Visit the Kok Funeral Home & Cremation Service - Cottage Grove website to view the full obituary.

Raymond "Ray" Hoffman, age 83 of Cottage Grove, passed away February 20, 2025. 

Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 am, Thursday, February 27th at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, 920 Holly Ave., St. Paul Park with visitation one hour prior. Interment will be held at the church cemetery following the service. In lieu of flowers, cards are preferred.

Ray was married to Bernice Tuhy for 65 years. He spent most of his working years at Cenex home office in Inver Grove Heights. He enjoyed coaching the youth baseball and softball teams, when his children were those ages. After he retired, he traveled south for a part of winter and loved to play golf where ever he was.

Ray is survived by his wife, Bernice, two daughters, Karen Rumpca, and Susan (Andrew) Snyder and two sons, Myron (Pamela) and Steven (Kimberly); son-in-law Gerald Dietmeier; eighteen grandchildren and nineteen great grandchildren and one sister, Irene. He is preceded in death by son Dean; daughter Kimberly Dietmeier and parents Christ & Christine Hoffman.

LIVESTREAM INFORMATION: For those who would like to participate in the service via livestream, you can watch the service by scrolling to the bottom of this page, and click “PLAY" to begin. Please leave a message of support on our Tribute Wall to let the family know you were able to watch the service. If you are having trouble with the Livestream, the service will be available to watch later in the day.

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Kok Funeral Home & Cremation Service - Cottage Grove

7676 80th Street South, Cottage Grove, MN 55016

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