Cynthia L. "Cindy" Hoffman

OSMOND: Cynthia “Cindy” (Gansebom) Hoffman, 73, of Osmond Nebraska, passed away peacefully on October 23, 2025 at the Osmond General Hospital. Visitation will take place on Sunday, November 2nd from 5:00-7:00 pm at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Osmond. Funeral service will be held on Monday, November 3rd at 10:30 am at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Osmond. Interment will be held at the Catholic Cemetery in Osmond. Arrangements by Stonacek Memorial Chapel of Osmond. Cynthia L. “Cindy” Gansebom was born July 2, 1952 to Dwaine and Betty (Albrecht) Gansebom. They were living on a farm between Pierce and Osmond and Cindy attended a country school until they moved to a farm 3 ½ miles south of Osmond. She attended Immanuel Lutheran School after they moved, being baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church, before transferring to Osmond Community School. She graduated in 1970 with the rank of Salutatorian. That class stayed close through the years. She continued to enjoy those lifelong friendships throughout her life, even marrying a classmate. Cindy married the love of her life, Dave Hoffman, on March 30, 1973 at St. Mary’s Catholic church and joined the Catholic Church. They were blessed with 52 years of love and happiness together. She was a member of St. Mary’s Guild, and served as lector, communion minister, and money counter for many years. They were blessed with four children, Val Ankeny (Dustin) of Wayne, Terry Hoffman (Kayla) of Osmond, Carl Hoffman (Crystal) of Osmond, and Cassie Boehm (Lee) of Bennington. Cindy was devoted to her family, enjoyed attending both their children and grandchildren’s events and sport activities, with softball and baseball being favorites. Cindy was a cherished grandmother to Abby, Ethan, Calvin, Clara, Callie, Piper, Emmett, Colt, Cody, Cara, Macy & Myles. Cindy’s first job was with Postal Finance in Norfolk although she had to wait a few months until she turned 18 before they could officially hire her. She worked there for six years, quitting before their first child was born. She wanted to raise their children and eventually started doing daycare in their home. While their children were growing up, Cindy worked as an aide for St. Mary’s school. She served as treasurer for the capital campaign when the new school was built. She also organized the Life Chain in October for many years. She started working for the City of Osmond in 2002 and worked there over 20 years. She held various positions, starting as assistant treasurer but also serving as clerk/treasurer, spending many years as the official treasurer, all while working part time. After the 2019 flood, she was responsible for all the paperwork needed to meet FEMA regulations. She was able to get over $500,000 for Osmond and received special recognition from the city. She also served as manager of Westside Apartments before becoming a member of the board. After Cindy’s mother died in 1990, she wanted to keep the family close and started hosting all the holiday meals for her siblings and families. Eventually her own family grew to the point that she had to stop the sibling meals. A new tradition was born when Ethan, the oldest grandson, requested chicken and milk gravy for his birthday - one of her specialties. It made Cindy very happy to cook with love for their family and see everyone eating together. Everyone enjoyed going to Grandpa and Grandma’s house, and she loved seeing all the smiles when they walked through the door. Another tradition was her baking a bucket of chocolate chip cookies for birthdays. That always brought a big smile and not much sharing. Working with numbers was always Cindy’s love, she truly enjoyed it. Reading mysteries, working on puzzles, and caring for plants were some of her favorite pastimes. After Dave and Cindy were married, Dave’s mother Marie gifted Cindy with a violet. Cindy was a genius at taking care of the violet. That violet produced many more, allowing her to give away countless plants, while still having the original plant, plus 5 extra shelves of them today. She loved working on her computer and wrote her children an email every single day for many many years with the subject line reading: Good morning, beautiful children!! She was our compass in life. Everyone knew how much Cindy loved them, and her family loved her so incredibly much and will miss her terribly. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend who was devoted in her faith. Cindy is preceded in death by her parents, Dwaine & Betty Gansebom, her brother Doug Gansebom, her in-laws Walter & Marie (Weeder) Hoffman, sister in laws; Rolanda Johnson, Clarice Joy, Rose Marie Holmes, Joan Koehler, Marilyn Hoffman, and brother in laws; Darwin Johnson, Jim Hoffman, Loren Petersen, Marlan Holmes, Paul Swing, Bill Joy and Donald Koehler. Cindy is survived by her husband, 4 children and their spouses, 12 grandchildren, sisters; Linda Peters of Norfolk, Ann (Steve) Pint of Leawood Kansas, brothers; Dallas (Lynne) Gansebom of Hadar, Darin (Mindi) Gansebom of Bennington, David (Anna) Gansebom of Plainview, sisters-in-law; Peg Petersen of Peachtree Corners Georgia, Sister Patricia Hoffman of Milwaukee Wisconsin, Delores Hoffman of Osmond, Cheryl Gansebom of Osmond, brothers-in-law; Dwaine Hoffman of Osmond, Dennis Hoffman of Gretna. She was special to many nieces and nephews as well. Pall bearers will be Abby Henschke, Ethan Ankeny, Calvin Ankeny, Colt Hoffman, Cody Hoffman and Callie Hoffman. Honorary Pall bearers will be Piper Hoffman, Emmett Hoffman, Clara Ankeny, Cara Hoffman, Macy Boehm & Myles Boehm. Memorials will be directed to St. Mary’s School in Osmond, Nebraska. Condolences may be expressed to the family on-line at www.stonacekfuneralchapel.com.

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Cynthia L. "Cindy" Hoffman

July 2, 1952 - October 23, 2025