OBIT: David E. HOFFMAN, 2006, Windber, Somerset County, PA
  
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  HOFFMAN, David E.  10/24/06  Daily American
  
    David E. Hoffman, 82, Windber, died Oct. 23, 2006, at Memorial Medical Center,
  Johnstown. Born Nov. 15, 1923, in Paint Borough, son of the late Clyde and Violet
  (Shearer) Hoffman. Also preceded in death by brothers, John, Robert, Forrest and Kenneth.
  Survived by wife of 60 years, the former Gertrude Volk; daughters, Nancy, wife of David
  Grush, Windber; and Pamela, wife of David Koontz, Bedford; and grand-children, Ranee
  Grush, Eric and Jennifer Koontz. Brother of Clyde, married to the former Reda Mowery;
  William, married to former Janet Mullen; and Barbara Keirn, all of Windber. Also survived
  by numerous nieces and nephews. Dave was a self-employed plasterer for nearly 60 years, an
  Army veteran of World War II, member of Menoher Post 155, VFW and lifelong member of Scalp
  Level Mount Zion Lutheran Church. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9
  p.m. Wednesday at Meek and Dalla Valle Funeral Home Inc., Windber. A service will be held
  11 a.m. Thursday at the Scalp Level Mount Zion Lutheran Church. The Rev. Eleanor Abarno
  officiating. Entombment Richland Mausoleum. Military grave-side rite by Menoher Post 155,
  VFW. Memorials in Dave's memory may be directed to American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box
  1131, Fairfax, VA22038- 1131.