PEEKSKILL, N.Y. Douglas C. Hoffman, a longtime Peekskill resident and former fire chief, died on Oct. 25. He was 85.
Son of the late Charles and Millington Hoffman, he was born on Nov. 2, 1925 in Jeffersonville, N.Y. Hoffman served in the U.S. Air Force from 1943 to 1946. On June 10, 1946, he married Betty Jane Ulm.
Hoffman, a life member of the Cortlandt Hook & Ladder Fire Company, worked as an electrician for 40 years. In the early 1970s, he was chief of the Peekskill Fire Department.
He is survived by his wife Betty, his sons Wayne Hoffman with wife Pam and Gary Hoffman with wife Kathy, his daughter Sue D'Angiolillo with husband Robert, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends on Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. at E.O. Curry Funeral Home in Peekskill. Interment with military honors will be private. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Peekskill Volunteer Fire Department, 828 Main Street, Peekskill, N.Y. 10566, or the Peekskill Field Library, 4 Nelson Avenue, Peekskill, N.Y. 10566.
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