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Note: ; Page: 22A; Enumeration District: 19; Image: 1100. Son Age:5/12
SOURCE: 1920 census name under Olon V Hoefer in Manchester Township, Boone Co., Nebraska. Son Age 10 Roll:T625_980 Page:11A ED:20 Image:0203
SOURCE: 1930 census Albion City, Boone Co., Nebraska. Son Age 20 Roll:T626_1266 Page:5A ED:1 Image:0475
SOURCE: 1930 census Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska. Name spelled Leo H Hoefer. Brother-in-Law Age:20 Page:5A ED:38 Roll:T626_1274; Image:0439.
SOURCE: 1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Leo J Hoefer
Age: 30
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1910
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Nebraska
Marital Status: Single
Home in 1940: Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska
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Inferred Residence in 1935: Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska
Residence in 1935: Same House
Sheet Number: 81B
SOURCE: U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Leo Joseph Hoefer
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 30
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Place: Albion, Nebraska, USA
Birth Date: 9 Dec 1909
Residence Place: Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Employer: Farm Credit A D M
Weight: 150
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blonde
Height: 5 6
Next of Kin: Mary Frances Hoefer
BIOGRAPHY: Leo was born on the family farm north of Albion. He attended District 7 schools until 1920 when he moved with his parents to Albion. He completed his grade school and high school education in the Albion Public schools. After graduating in 1928 he worked in Jepsen's grocery store until the fall of 1929 when he entered Creighton University School of Commerce in Omaha, Nebraska. On April 16, 1930 the federal census records Leo living with his parents in Albion and on April 9, 1930 in Omaha with his sister Marie & her husband Floyd Anderson. Among the places he worked during college was the Paxton Hotel at 14th & Farnam as a bell hop. He also lived at the YMCA, while working at a shoe store and saved enough to pay the $25 Creighton tuition. After graduating from Creighton in June 1933, he lived at what was originally the Knights of Columbus Bldg from 1933-1940 which became the Central Club. In 1933 he worked for the Fontenelle Hosiery Company until January 1934, when he went to work for the Federal Land Bank of Omaha. He worked in the accounting department of the Land Bank until March 1936, when he first went to work for the Farm Credit system, his job was to read abstracts In 1936 he became Chief Accountant for the Omaha Bank for Cooperatives. After successfully passing the required examinations, he was awarded a Certified Public Accountant certificate in 1940. In September 1941 he became a Business Analyst for the bank. He worked in the building known as the (now-long-gone) Masonic Temple (caddy-corner across the street from the Farm Credit building, next door to the (long-gone) Fontenelle Hotel and the still-there St. Mary's church). He recalled very fondly the day a bank officer came to him and asked if he would like to start doing accounting work. Since his degree was in accounting, he was very, very happy to accept the offer.
The Central Club (formerly owned by the Knights of Columbus) where Dad lived, the Farm Credit building, St. Mary Magdalene's Church which he attended, and the hotel where Mom lived were all within a 2 or 3 block area, as was the mechanic where he had his car serviced (20th & Dodge).
In June 1942 he enlisted in the Army as the United States entered into World War II and the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. After receiving basic training at Fort Francis E. Warren in Cheyenne, Wyoming he went to Camp Gordon Georgia during August and September until he entered U.S. Army finance training held at Wake Forest University. Following graduation from this school in February 1943 he went to Fort Sam Houston at San Antonio, Texas where he was assigned to the finance section of Third Army Headquarters. He went with Third Army Head-quarters to England in March 1944. Third Army crossed the channel in July 1944, and moved across France, Luxembourg and into Germany. He was stationed for much of the War in General Patton's Third Army Headquarters in France. At the end of the war in Europe in May 1945, Headquarters was at Erlangen, Germany. He was discharged in October 1945 as Sergeant First Class after having been awarded five battle stars for campaigns officially designated as Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe. The French government awarded him the Croix de Guerre medal. He returned to Malvern, Iowa where he lived with his wife, son and her parents for a short time until he returned to work as a business analyst with the Omaha Bank for Cooperatives in January, 1946. At that time they purchased a home in Omaha at 515 South 31 Avenue where they lived until 1953, when they built a home in West Omaha at 9250 Pine Avenue. They sold the home at 515 So. 31st Ave in May of 1953 and placed their furniture in storage with Bekins Van & Storage. They moved to Malvern Iowa on June 1st to live with Mary Christy Durbin until the new home in west Omaha was completed in late 1953. In 1954 he was made Assistant Treasurer and Assistant Secretary of the Bank and in 1958 he was appointed Treasurer. Leo was elected Secretary of the Nebraska Council of Accountants. He was later appointed Vice President and Treasurer, at the Omaha Bank for Cooperatives and at the time of his retirement in December 1974 he was Senior Vice President. He worked 1933 to 1975, 42 years not counting time off for WWII at the Omaha Bank for Cooperatives.
OCCUPATION: Banker
RELIGION: Roman Catholic
DEATH: Name: Leo J. Hoefer
SSN: 506-01-5641
Last Residence: 68124 Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States of America
Born: 9 Dec 1909
Died: May 1992
State (Year) SSN issued: Nebraska (Before 1951
BIOGRAPHY: Sunday, August 4, 1974: The Lincoln Star, Lincoln, Nebraska
Cooperatives Bank Promotes L. Hoefer
Omaha (UPI) - The Omaha Bank for Cooperatives has announced the promotion of Leo J. Hoefer to senior vice president and treasurer. He has been vice president and treasurer for the bank since 1969. Hoefer, an Albion native, joined the farm credit system in 1934 when he served in the accounting division of the Federal Land Bank of Omaha.
The Omaha Bank for Cooperatives makes loans to farmer cooperatives throughout Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming.
Friday, January 3, 1975: Columbus Telegram, Columbus, Nebraska
Ex-Albion man retires as banker
Albion native Leo J. Hoefer, senior vice president of the Omaha Bank for Cooperatives, retired Dec. 30 after 41 years of service to the Farm Credit System. A graduate of Creighton University in Omaha, Hoefer joined the System in 1934 when he was employed in the accounting division of the Federal Land Bank of Omaha. He began working for the Omaha Bank for Cooperatives in 1936 as chief accountant. In 1958, Hoefer was appointed treasurer and one year later was named vice-president and treasurer. He was later designated senior vice-president)
BIOGRAPHY: Leo didn't tell his mother about the wedding until afterwards. They felt the trip to Omaha would be too difficult for her and the roads too bad in December.
Note: SOURCE: 1910; Census Place: Manchester, Boone, Nebraska; Roll: T624_838
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