Mike Hoffart

March 3, 1923 - November 21, 2019

Mr. Michael J. Hoffart, 96, passed away on November 21, 2019 at the Georgia War Veterans Home in Milledgeville. Mr. Hoffart was a native of Silva, North Dakota and was the son of the late Eli and Magdaline Kraft Hoffart and was preceded in death by his wife, Tekla Tuchscherer Hoffart and daughters, Michele J. Hoffart and Sandra J. Hoffart. Mr. Hoffart assisted his parents on the Homestead of his parents until he was drafted in 1943 during WWII. He was discharged in 1945 and came back to Rugby, ND to again help on his parents farm. He married Teckla Tuchscherer in 1949 and moved to Washington. They both went to work at Boeing until Mike began working in the Shipyard building Liberty Ships. The couples first child, Elias was born and they moved back to Rugby where Mike worked with his uncle as a Carpenter. During the next few years the two moved between Washington and North Dakota and had 3 more children. By this time, Mike settled in as a Farmer in North Dakota until 1978 when they moved to Georgia. Mike lost his wife of 61 years in September 2010. He is survived by his son, Elias M. Hoffart; daughter, Sheila J. Boydl sister, Evangeline Gerig, and many nieces and nephews.