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Alfred James Hoffman
Aug, 2, 1930-Feb. 19, 2000

CARLETON - Services have
peen set for self-employed farmer ~
Alfred James Hoffman, 69, .of :
Carleton, who died at 8:10 p.m.
Saturday in his home. He had been °
seriously ill for three months.

Friends may.call from 5 to 9 ~
tonight and from noon toe 9-—p.m. *
Tuesday at Allore ‘
Funeral Home,
Monroe. He will
lie in state from 10
am. Wednesday
until 11 a.m. ser-
vices at Holy
Ghost Lutheran
Church, Monroe.
The Rev. Larry Ke eRe
Loree, pastor 0 ;
the church, will HOF
officiate. Burial
will be in Gethsemane Cemetery, -
Monroe, under the auspices of
Monroe Post 11388, Veterans of"
Foreign Wars. :

Born Aug. 2, 1930, in Britton, he
was the son of Herman Henry and
Clara Lavina (McLaughlin)
Hoffman. He married Betty Rose
Steinle Feb. 3, 1951, at Holy Ghost
Lutheran Church. / r

For 39 years, he worked as the
meat department manager at
Seaway Food Town, once the for-
mer Grubers Market, retiring in
1989. He served as a seaman in the
Navy, 1949-50. He was stationed
aboard the USS Missouriand USS -
Mississippi. Hs:

He was a life member of Holy
Ghost Lutheran Church, where he _
was baptized and confirmed. He .
also was a member of the archery .
league at CanvasBack Gun Club
and Local 876, UFCW, meat cutters
of Detroit. He enjoyed hunting,
fishing and farming. >

Surviving are his wife; a son, -
Glenn of Carleton; four daughters, .
Mrs. Clyde (Sharon) McLaughlin Of:
Carleton, Mrs. Art (Jan).
Collingsworth of Monree, Mrs.
Myron (Karen) Huber of
Mooreland, Ind., and Mrs. Sonny -
(Alice) Strimpel of Maybee; two .
sisters, Alice Krueger of Monroe
and Iva Held of Lincoln Park;eight -
grandchildren, and four step-
grandchildren. C

He was preceded in death by his
parents and two brothers, Lloyd .
and Clinton.

Memorials may be made to Holy
Ghost Lutheran Church or Mercy -
Memorial Hospice of Monroe.

 

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