In Memory
Marilyn Jo Hoffman
Sept. 28, 1931 - Jan. 30, 2020
SOUTH BEND, IN -
Marilyn Hoffman passed away suddenly on January 30, 2020 in Sierra Vista, AZ following a stroke. She was born September 28, 1931 to Charles and Ruby McClure in South Bend, where she was raised with her late sister Pat and brother John. She fondly recalled her youth, especially high school friends, trips to visit family on southern Indiana farms, and, in later years, cross-country road trips with her parents.
She loved her vacations. When she was younger, she enjoyed camping with her sister and nieces. She loved seeing natural beauty, especially the mountains of Colorado, Native American cultures in the desert Southwest, and the Missions of southern California. She was very proud of riding donkeys into the Grand Canyon as a young woman at a time when that type of tourism was uncommon, and loved her later travels to Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, and Hawaii with her husband, keeping meticulous journals that she often reread and shared with family and friends.
Marilyn loved playing card and board games with her family, doing puzzles, and throwing themed birthday parties. Nothing made her happier than dealing in for euchre or gin rummy with her kids, sister, or nieces and nephews. She was a devoted friend to her high school girlfriends and the multiple friends she met through the years in Texas and Denver, calling and writing often.
Left to cherish her memory are her children, Chriss and Pam Bentley (Hoffman), and son-in-law, Sam Bentley; brother, John McClure; and grandchildren, Sebastian and Manuela Bentley. She leaves behind her beloved nieces, Sue Roush and Vicki Eisenbeisz, whom she loved as her own daughters; her sister-in-law, Elynor Dalton (Hoffman) and brother-in-law, Jim Hoffman plus five other nieces and nephews, ten great-nieces and nephews, and eight great-great-nieces and nephews whose individual accomplishments she celebrated every day.
In lieu of flowers, consider giving in a way that makes an individual difference, as she did. She loved the girl scouts, so buy an extra box or two and give them to someone who has to work during COVID: delivery people, mail carriers, shop staff, healthcare workers. Or send a handwritten note to a friend or family member as she so often did.
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Published in South Bend Tribune on Feb. 19, 2021.
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