Karen Hoffman

August 13, 1942, California — October 07, 1979, Seldovia, Alaska

Buried in Seldovia City Cemetery Plot #262

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KAREN WORKMAN HOFFMAN was born in California on August 13, 1942. She married Ronald Verne Hoffman, the son of LaVerne and Lila HUNTINGTON Hoffman, in Los Angeles, California in 1961. He died at sea in November 1979.

• HELLION (1979) The 60 foot crab fishing vessel Hellion disappeared November 23, 1979 with three crewmen aboard. The vessel departed Dutch Harbor November 22nd to pick up crab pots at sea and deliver them to Beaver Inlet. A storm with winds to 70 knots and seas to 20 feet came through the following day. Lost were captain and owner Ronald Hoffman of Seldovia, and crewmembers Walt Laughhead of Seldovia and Aaron Goin (19) of Oregon.

Karen died in Seldovia, Alaska on October 7, 1979 and is buried in the Seldovia City Cemetery in Plot #262, next to her brother-in-law, Dennis Hoffman.