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Show Fred H. Hoffman celebrates 90th birthday Fred Henry Hoffman was honored recently on his 90th birthday. Fred was born Feb. 27, 1895 in Salt Lake City to William L. and Pauline Feyl Hoffman. He had 11 brothers and sisters. When Fred was a small boy, his family moved to Bitterroot Valley, Montana and that was his home until he joined I the Army in 1919. ; As a young boy growing up, he and his brothers enjoyed trapping muskrats, fishing, hunting wildlife, riding steers on Saturday evenings, and in the wintertime, bobsledding. Fred was baptised a member of the LDS Church when he was nine-years-old. Since there wasn't a branch of the church where they lived, the children would go to the Episcopalian Church with their friends. But in 1912 a branch of the LDS Church was organized in their area and they were happy to go to their own church at last. Fred didn't have as much formal education as he would have liked, for he always wanted a good education. He had to quit school the spring of his 10th year and go to work on a ranch. His 10th year of school he had to ride a horse six r miles to school, and in the wintertime win-tertime it would get pretty cold -many mornings it was as cold as -40 degrees. Fred would always go to school. He enjoyed reading and has been a great reader all of his life. His favorite reading is the scriptures scrip-tures or any religious book. Shortly after Fred was discharged from the Army, he went to California and worked in the oil fields at Long Beach at the mouth of Carbon Canyon. He worked on the drilling crew and worked for the company for several years until it shut down. He then came to Pleasant Grove because his parents had moved here. He bought 16 acres of ground in Lindon and that was where he built his home and has lived ever since. Fred was hired as a carpenter at the construction of the Geneva Steel plant, and when the plant was completed and his job was finished, he continued the trade of carpetner. For many years, besides working, farming his ground and building his home, he also took care of ailing folks until they passed away. Fred married Nellie Hanson Dec. 18, 1946 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple and a few years after their marriage they went to work at the Utah State Training School and worked there until Fred retired at the age of 68. In 1966 they were called on a two-year two-year mission 'to the-West Central States. When "theProvo HTemple opened they were called as ordinance or-dinance workers and this they did faithfully until their health forced them to quit. However, Fred still goes faithfully to the temple twice a week (if not ill) and does endowment en-dowment work. He is a High Priest in the Lindon 5th Ward. When his wife passed away Dec. Fred Henry Hoffman 7, 1981, this left a real void in his life, but his love of the gospel has given him the strength and will to carry on. Fred has been a very honesty kind, faithful, generous, hard working and willing-to-do person. He always shares with his friends and neighbors his surplus garden produce and English walnuts. He is also very appreciative of everything that is done for him, since it is so difficult for him to do things as he used to. |