Funeral Details

Sorry for your loss. I'll always remember Dick for the tennis we played and for being a great listener. He'll be missed.

Barbara Saltzman

I volunteered for many years with Dick at Habitat for Humanity. He was always so positive and always willing to lend a hand to do whatever was needed. He was a great guy and his knowledge of how to do things was amazing. He will be greatly missed.

Norman Belew

From Nebagamon to Colorado College, from the North Shore to London and Jerusalem, my youth is forever filled with wonderful memories with the Hoffmans.

That will never change.

My thoughts and my heart are with you

Joel Kanter

I am standing upon the seashore.

A ship at my side spreads her white

sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean.
 

She is an object of beauty and strength.

I stand and watch her until at length

she hangs like a speck of white cloud

just where the sea and sky come

to mingle with each other. 

Then, someone at my side says;

"There, she is gone!" 

Gone from my sight. That is all.

She is just as large in mast and hull

and spar as she was when she left my side

and she is just as able to bear
her 
load of living freight to her destined port.

Her diminished size is in me, not in her. 

And just at the moment when someone

at my side says, "There, she is gone!"

There are other eyes watching her coming,

and other voices ready to take up the glad shout;

"Here she comes!"


Henry Van Dyke

My deepest sympathies to your family and friends.

Terry Brooks

I will always remember Dick as a big, strong force of nature with a wide, happy grin and a super-firm handshake. A life very well lived; my condolences to the Hoffman family.

Steve Mickel

Today we say goodbye, goodnight to a cousin, Richard (Dick) Hoffman.
To the man who miraculously hid the afikomen where no one found it easily despite it being in plain sight. To the man who always engaged in any conversation topic regardless of how controversial. To the man who always sat at the kids table. We will always have a piece of your heart in ours. You smiled. You laughed. You lived.

Barbara Chiprin

Dick Hoffman was a blessing and a gift to Habitat for Humanity Lake County. As a leader from Am Shalom in the Glencoe Interfaith Builders, he began his service to our organization in 2000. A joyful gift and legacy stemming from Dick was the creation of the “Habiholics”. This special crew of 4 people that enjoyed being in the Habitat habit, grew to include over 30 regular volunteers, greatly supporting our building program.
Eventually the “Habs” also supported our ReStore by picking up donations. Dick led demo crews to remove donations from homes and businesses for resale at the store. As senior residences started offering donations, Dick saw an opportunity to grow these donations and helped manage relationships with many of the major residences in the area.
Dick embodied the “building community” part of our mission and made serving joyful and fun. I enjoyed many Habiholic parties and picnics which included Joanne’s chili, carried in by Dick! A favorite memory is Dick dressing as Santa Claus at our holiday party! Birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, showers, new apartments and going away parties were all celebrated. Dick’s smile and joy at these events was abundant as he quietly observed God at work. And as Habs slowed down and became ill, Dick was there to visit and support them.
As Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity Lake County, I appreciated Dick’s wise and effective business approach. He always made sure to connect with me when I saw him, asked good questions that made me think and offering suggestions for activities and solutions that worked. Best, is that he helped implement the ideas - quickly, quietly, and with a plan for the activity to continue through others. He was a true leader. Dick’s kind and humble approach welcomed everyone. I will always be grateful the Dick Hoffman was a part of Habitat for Humanity Lake County and of my life.


Julie Donovan