John Tyler Hoffman

An all-night wake for John Tyler Hoffman 79, of Oklahoma City will be held at 7:00 PM on Friday, June 3, 2022, at the Emergency Response Center in Hammon, Ok. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 AM Saturday, June 4, 2022, in the Hammon High School Auditorium with burial at the Indian Hammon Mennonite Cemetery under the direction of the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home. John Tyler Hoffman was born April 18, 1943, to Fred Buster Hoffman and Kathryn (Youngbull) Hoffman in Clinton, Ok and passed away Saturday May 28, 2022, in the Oklahoma Heart Hospital in Oklahoma City, Ok surrounded by loved ones and family. Mr. Hoffman was raised and attended school in Hammon, Ok. While in high school he was active in sports, especially basketball. He graduated in 1961. He continued his education at the Okmulgee Technical School in Okmulgee, Ok and obtained a certificate in accounting. Mr. Hoffman was a veteran of the United States Air Force. He was honorably discharged after 4 years of active-duty service. He later moved to California where he met and married the love of his life, Pauline Cheromiah on August 27, 1971. He was employed by the University of California, San Francisco, Indian Action Program of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribe of Oklahoma and later became the Director of the Farmington Inter-Tribal Indian Organization of Farmington, New Mexico. He then began his career with Indian Health Service (IHS) as an Information Technology Specialist. During his career with IHS he worked in New Mexico, Alaska, California and Oklahoma. He retired from IHS in 2007 after 20 years of service. He was a member of the Assembly of God and the Native American Church. He participated in fasting ceremonies at Bear Butte, SD. He loved to spend time with his grandchildren, travel and go to the casino. He is preceded in death by his parents, infant daughter Christina, brothers Frederick Hoffman, Archie Hoffman, sister Mary Patricia Rhodes, niece and nephew Jewell Michelle and Archie Hoffman Jr. He is survived by his wife Pauline, son John Paul Hoffman of MD, daughter Janelle Hames (Gary), of AK, son Randolph Tyler Hoffman of OK, sisters Lucy Snyder, Thelma Kauahquo, Ida Hoffman, Sheila Arlene Chapman (Johnnie) all of OK and niece Trish Lime (Darwin) of OK. He is also survived by three grandchildren whom he adored, Sabrina and Christian Tyler Hames of AK, Kayla Leiann Hoffman of MD and one great grandchild, Joseph W Lomman, V of AK. He was very fond of his nieces and nephews and has numerous other family members, including the Youngbull family of OK and the Cheromiah family of NM.