Mathias ‘Matt’ Hoffman

Math­ias ‘Matt’ Stand­ford Hoff­man, 104, passed away peace­fully on Tues­day, Nov. 8, 2022, at his home in Neda.
Matt was born the son of Anton and Anna (Kohler) Hoff­man on Oc­to­ber 2, 1918, in Ohio.
He was united in mar­riage to Eve­lyn Weg­in­ger on March 7, 1938. They shared 74 years of mar­riage be­fore her death in 2012. The cou­ple wel­comed seven chil­dren, Math­ias, Jr., Ger­ald, Pa­tri­cia, John, Bev­erly, Robert, and Tony. They lived in sev­eral places in Dodge County be­fore set­tling in Neda.
Matt was a mem­ber of the Rock River League Hall of Fame and an hon­orary mem­ber of the Mayville Amer­i­can Le­gion Post #69 be­cause he was spend­ing so much time there with his friends shoot­ing the breeze and hav­ing some re­fresh­ments. He loved play­ing sheepshead (every­one had to have as­signed seats) and en­joyed tak­ing gam­ing trips. Every­one that knew Matt cher­ished his smile and sense of humor. Matt was still in­de­pen­dent and drove his own ve­hi­cle up until a few months ago and con­tin­ued to live in­de­pen­dently in his own home until his death. Matt loved his wife deeply and when she was ad­mit­ted to a nurs­ing fa­cil­ity, he made sure to be there from early in the morn­ing until late in the evening, only tak­ing a short break for lunch.
Matt is sur­vived by his chil­dren, Matt Jr. of Brook­field, John (Beve) of Marke­san, and Bev­erly Wein­heimer of Beaver Dam; his daugh­ters-in-law, Taddy Hoff­man of Hori­con, Norita Hoff­man of Iron Moun­tain, and Bon­nie Hoff­man of Mon­tello; his many grand­chil­dren, great-grand­chil­dren, and great-great-grand­chil­dren; fur­ther sur­vived by other rel­a­tives and many friends.
He was pre­ceded in death by his par­ents; his wife, Eve­lyn; sons, Robert, Tony, and Gerry; daugh­ter, Pa­tri­cia (Jack) Griss­man; son-in-law, Chet Wein­heimer; his daugh­ter-in-law, Carol; his great-grand­daugh­ter, Casey Schwartz; great-grand­son, Cody Laufen­berg; grand­daugh­ters, Jes­sica and Nic­hole Griss­man; great-great-grand­sons, Oc­tavius and Earl Schwartz and David Echev­er­ria; and his grand­daugh­ter’s hus­band, Mark Rantala.
A Mass of Chris­t­ian Bur­ial was held on Sat­ur­day, Nov. 12, at 11 a.m. at Sa­cred Heart Parish in Hori­con with the Rev. Fr. Justin Lop­ina pre­sid­ing. Vis­i­ta­tion was held from 9 to 11 a.m. at the church in Hori­con. A pri­vate fam­ily bur­ial will be held at Grace­land Ceme­tery in Mayville.
In lieu of flow­ers, memo­ri­als in mem­ory of Matt can be di­rected to the Mayville Amer­i­can Le­gion Post#69, St. Jude’s, or the Wounded War­rior Pro­ject.
Koepsell Fu­neral Home in Mayville is serv­ing the fam­ily. www.​KoepsellFH.​com