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Patricia HOFFMAN

Patricia Mary JP Rtd "Pat" HOFFMAN

Patricia HOFFMAN Obituary

On August 16, 2024, at home, 4 Allandale Road, St Clair, Dunedin; with her loving husband Marshall by her side. Beloved wife of Marshall and lovingly devoted mother of Paul, mother-in-law of Bernice, and grandmother of Emily and Katie, who are all from Auckland, beloved elder daughter of the late Tom and Louie Wilson, formerly of Thornbury, Southland, loving sister of the late Jenny Hill, and aunt of Jarrod, sister-in-law of Lindsay Hoffman and Gillian Fabling, lovingly regarded aunt of Sacha, and Gareth Lloyd, and great aunt of Reuben (France), and Lloyd. Pat was a school teacher for approximately 50 years, with 16 years as a Principal. Then was encouraged to come out of retirement for a further 10 years to assist in a Manager and Principal position, she has been retired for less than 10 years. She loved her occupation as does her son who is Deputy Principal of 800 plus pupils on the North Shore, Auckland. A service for Pat will be held at Knox Church, 449 George St, Dunedin, today (Wednesday, August 21) at 11.00am. Afternoon tea will be provided, then the service will proceed to the Dunedin Cemetery (near the St Clair Golf Course). If you wish to join the service via Live-stream, visit Pat's page at www.hopeandsons.co.nz



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Published by Southland Times on Aug. 21, 2024.

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Graham W. Wolf ZL2CHAR

August 24, 2024

Best teacher I ever had! The original "Dunner Stunner"!! Had her at Green Island Primary School. She made Marilyn look almost ugly by comparison..... Anne Margaret didn't stand a chance, either! Outrageously beautiful on both the OUTSIDE and INSIDE, at the same time. And she drove a really cool 2l metallic Ford Capri sports car....... as an ultimate fashion accessory! She really rocked our crusty old school piano (her rock and roll renditions sure "blew out the dusty cobwebs" for sure). Marshall didn't just get two wives for the price of one..... he got a total goddess. I finally graduated from my school as the DUX, and it was all her wonderful fault. In 1978, she turned up at the school's 125th. Talk about nearly 40 going on 20!! We also ended up together in the hospital stroke ward..... in opposite rooms. Her suffering was almost unbearable to me, to see.... she tapped on my window, forced a painful smile, and gave me a huge thumbs up (I felt so hopelessly unworthy). Delivering a 4 minute eulogy at her funeral, last Wednesday, at Knox Church, I looked sideways at her open coffin, and deeply felt she didn't really belong in there. When they put the lid back on, and wheeled her out past my aisle, I quietly waved goodbye. At that moment, I lost it, and got a huge dose of the blubbs. Pat and I go way back to 1962. Irreplaceable, and huge influence on my life!!

Barbara Taylor

August 23, 2024

Sorry to read of Pat´s passing. My sincere condolences to Marshall and family.

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