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Longtime Dayton resident Ronald Eugene Hoffman passed away May 25th, 2015, surrounded by his family at Booker Rest Home. Ron was born to Everett and Myrtle Hoffman on March 22nd, 1941, in La Verne, Calif. His family moved to Missouri and then on to Dayton, where Ron graduated in 1960 from Dayton High School. Ron married his high school sweetheart Nancy (Iles) on August 2, 1963, recently married 51 years.

He worked at the Dayton Chronicle, Green Giant and was the proprietor of the Hoffman Bakery, well known for his yummy Apple Fritters and other baked goods.

He was a member of The Blue Moun...