OBIT: Dorothea (BAKER) HOFFMAN, 1996, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  HOFFMAN
     
     Dorothea B. Hoffman, 82, of 22 Lakeview Drive, Gettysburg, died on April
  13, 1996, at Hershey Medical Center.  Born Aug. 11, 1913, in Gettysburg.
  Daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Joseph B. and Rena (Lindner) Baker.  Rev. Dr.
  Joseph Baker was the former pastor and choir director of St. Jame's [sic]
  Lutheran Church and later St. Matthew's of Gettysburg Presbyterian Church
  at the time of her death.  She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from
  Bucknell University and later did graduate work at Indiana University of
  Pennsylvania.  Member of Kappa Delta sorority and Kappa Kappa Gamma
  education fraternity.  She began her career in teaching at William Penn Sr.
  High School, teaching English.  She later taught ninth grade English for
  many years at Gettysburg Jr. High School and was head of the English
  Department for 10 years. Her membership included: Friends of the Library,
  the Gettysburg YWCA, the Women's League of Gettysburg college.  Served as a
  volunteer for the American Heart Association, UNICEF, and Meals on Wheels.
  Her husband, the late F. Stanley Hoffman, former treasurer of Gettysburg
  College, died in 1982.  Surviving are two sons: Joseph M. Hoffman of
  Minneapolis, Minn., and David J. Hoffman of Gettysburg; two daughters:
  Judith L. Cryder of Marysville and Amy H. Deitch of Gettysburg; one sister,
  Clara Baker Forgie of Camp Hill; 14 grandchildren and a number of nieces and
  nephews.  Funeral services at 1:30 p.m. April 21 at the Gettysburg
  Presbyterian Church with her pastor, the Rev. Daniel T. Hans officiating.
  Interment, Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg.  There will be no viewing. The
  family will receive friends after the services on Sunday at their home, 22
  Lakeview Drive, Gettysburg.  Funeral arrangements handled by the Monahan
  Funeral Home in Gettysburg. 
  
  Daily American, April 15, 1996
  
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