Dorothy Hoffman

in Paterson, New Jersey. The daughter of Joseph Francis

and Olive Dorothy Dunkerley. She was the 2nd of 6 kids

with an older sister Judith, 2 younger sisters, Barbara and

Katherine and 2 younger brothers, Joseph and James.

She grew up in Palmdale and Redondo Beach, California.

She knew since a 2nd grader that she wanted to be a nurse.

She was the only one of her siblings to attend college. She

got her nursing degree from the County Hospital in

Los Angeles, which is now part of USC. In 1989 she

completed her Bachelors of Science in Nursing from CSU

Sacramento, then went on to work on her Masters in Nursing.

She worked at several different hospitals in the LA area

before moving to Orangevale in 1979 when she started

working at Roseville Community Hospital. That hospital

became what is now Sutter Roseville. She retired from Sutter

8 years ago with 27 years of service. While at Sutter, she

was the manager of Telemetry as well as ICU. Dorothy

married William Harvey Hoffman on February 15, 1964, they

recently celebrated 51 years of marriage. They were engaged

after only 6 weeks of dating. Bill and Dorothy have two

daughters. Barbara Jeanne Rhoades born in Hawthorne, CA

on July 26, 1966 and Denise Olive Wilcox born in

Gardenia, CA on August 18, 1969. They lived in Torrance, CA

until 1971, then Cerritos, CA until 1979, then Orangevale, CA

until 2001 and finally settled in Rocklin. She has 3

grandchildren. Born to Barbara and Joe Rhoades: Krista Irene

born in Spokane, WA on August 14, 1995 and Kyle Nicholas

born in Carmichael, CA on August 14, 2000. Born to Denise

and Andy Wilcox: Courtney Olivia born in Roseville, CA on

July 1, 2003. She was so in love with her grandkids, and would

do anything for them. Dorothy loved the Sacramento Kings and

has gone to countless games with season tickets the past

several years. She also loved going on cruises. Her and Bill

cruised the Caribbean several times as well as through the

Panama Canal, Alaska and Hawaii. When they were younger,

Bill and Dorothy belonged to a bowling league and their

daughters could be found running around the bowling alley. She

also loved camping, Disneyland, quarter slot machines, and

bingo. She held the family together and always insisted we

spend every holiday and birthday together. We take comfort in

her last full sentence: “I’m going to Heaven and I’ll see you there.”

Rest in Peace Wife, Mom, Grandma we love you and we miss you.