OBIT: Matilda Jane (MEESE) HOFFMAN, 1943, Elk Lick Twp, Somerset County, PA

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MATILDA JANE HOFFMAN

  Mrs. Charles Hoffman died at her home in Elk Lick Township about a half-mile 
east of Salisbury, Nov. 8, aged 78 years, 6 months and 18 days.  Her death was 
caused by apoplexy.  Her maiden name was Matilda Jane Meese, a daughter of 
Daniel and Margaret Baer Meese.  She was born April 20, 1864.
  She is survived by her husband and these children: Mary, wife of Leo Derry, 
Meyersdale; Florence, wife of George Schultz, Pittsburgh; Freda, wife of E. P. 
Broderick, Berlin; Ernest and Charles Hoffman, Jr., both of Salisbury.  She is 
also survived by two brothers, Chauncey Meese of Salisbury and Milton Meese of 
Akron, Ohio, and by eleven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.  Two children 
preceded her in death.
  Funeral services were conducted at the family home, Wednesday, at 2:30 p.m., 
by her pastor, Rev. Ira S. Monn, of St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church, 
Salisbury.  Interment was in the Salisbury I.O.O.F. Cemetery, under the 
direction of Stanley M. Thomas, local mortician.
  Mrs. Hoffman was a faithful member of her church, and by her death the 
community in which so much of her life was spent, has lost a highly esteemed 
citizen, one loved and respected for her many noble traits of character.

Meyersdale Republican, November 11, 1943