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Walter A. Hoffman, age 98, World War II veteran, pastor, Bible teacher and evangelist, was promoted to glory on July 4, 2024. His wife of 77 years Pearl (“Pat”) was by his side as he entered the arms of the Lord. He is survived by four sons and their wives, 11 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, his sister, and innumerable friends.
Walt attended Long Beach Wilson High School, joined the Navy in 1944, and married Pearl in 1946. He earned a degree in electrical engineering at UCLA and joined his father’s electrical construction company, Hoffman & Son Inc., in the early 1950s. Walt committed his life to the Jesus Christ in 1957 and joined Alamitos Friends Church in Garden Grove. He and Pearl raised four sons in Garden Grove and began a Bible Study in the early 1970s that grew to the Monday Night Bible Study Church. Many received the precious gift of his resolute dedication to humbly teaching the Word of God, and his exceptional model as a man of God. Walt authored "And Church Happened," about the experience of the Monday Night Bible Study Church (Deep River Books, 2015).
After retiring, Walt and Pearl moved to The Dalles, Oregon, and were devoted to their family and Calvary Baptist Church. They returned to Orange County in 2008 and had a second home in Kona, Hawaii. Walt and Pearl traveled extensively as part of their ministries and were active at Grace Fellowship Church in Costa Mesa, and Youth With A Mission (YWAM) in Kona.
Family and friends are invited to a memorial service on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, beginning at 10:00 am at Grace Fellowship Church, 3170 Red Hill Ave., Costa Mesa, CA 92626. Further information on the memorial service is available at www.oconnormortuary.com/obituaries/walter-a-hoffman.
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