Kenneth M. Stoffel

Kenneth M. Stoffel, age 89, of Huntington, IN, passed away on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, at 7:30 p.m., at The Heritage Pointe of Huntington.

Ken was born on February 21, 1936, in Huntington, Indiana to the late Albert O. and Esther E. (Scher) Stoffel. He married Rosemary Gertrude (Douglas) Stoffel on May 30, 1964, at Sacred Heart Church in Remington, IN.  They were married 61 years and Rosemary survives him.

Ken graduated as valedictorian of his 1953 class at Huntington Catholic High School. After graduation he worked for the Erie Lackawanna Railroad from 1954-1959 as a station employee loading and sealing freight cars as well as sorting and loading wagon loads of mail on passenger trains that were stopping in Huntington between 5pm and 2am.   While working, he attended Manchester College where he received a Bachelor of Science degree Magna Cum Laude in 1958.  Ken then attended Indiana University on two fellowships and completed his master’s degree in 1961 at Bloomington. He later attended Ball State University on fellowships. 

Ken began his teaching career in 1958 at Andrews High School and continued there for 8 ½ years. As a result of consolidation he was reassigned to Huntington North and Huntington South until the new Huntington North building was completed in the fall of 1969. He then taught at Huntington North until his retirement in 2001, after 43 years of teaching. While teaching, he served as the Social Studies Department Chairman for 28 years.

Ken was a friend to everyone he met. He served for 16 years on the Bippus Volunteer Fire Department as a Board officer, and he was also known as a farmer and a great steward of land in Warren Township for many years. In 1994, he received the Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers Award and in 2014 received the Conservation Farmer of the Year Award for using no till and other conservation processes. Ken was a lifelong member of SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Huntington.

Ken enjoyed the outdoors.  He loved camping, fishing, farming, gardening, hunting mushrooms and trapping animals.  He trapped a badger, a rare albino groundhog and racoons just to name a few, as well as participating in county-wide hunting competitions in his younger years.

Along with his wife, Rosemary, he is survived by one daughter, Karen Hunsberger, Granger, IN; one son, Brian Stoffel, Huntington, IN; a brother, Wallace Stoffel, Huntington, IN;  and two grandsons, Jack Hlade, Lucas Stoffel; and two step-grandchildren, Grace Null and Gabe Null.

Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Louis Stoffel, John Stoffel;  and four sisters, Mary Jane Stoffel, Madonna Hochstetler, Angeline Shinebarger and Gloria Gordon.

 A visitation will be held on Sunday, February 15, 2026, from 2pm to 5pm, with a Recitation of the Rosary beginning at 1:30pm, at McElhaney Funeral Home, 715 N. Jefferson Street, Huntington, IN  46750.

Additional calling hours will be held on Monday, February 16, 2026, from 10am to 11am, followed by the 11am Mass of Christian Burial all at SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, 860 Cherry St., Huntington, IN 46750, with Fr. Tony Steinacker presiding.

Burial will follow the Mass at Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Huntington, IN.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in care of McElhaney Funeral Home, 715 N. Jefferson Street, Huntington, IN  46750.

McElhaney Funeral Home, 715 N. Jefferson St., Huntington, IN  is entrusted with the arrangements. Online condolences may be sent to: www.mcelhaneyhartfuneralhome.com

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