Joseph J.Hoffman;101;of 62 Johnston St.;Belle Vernon;died Monday;July 11;1994;at 10:59 a.m.in Mon Valley Hospital Inc.;Carroll Township. He was born March 9;1893;in Austria;Hungary. Mr.Hoffman was a member of St.Sebastian Roman Catholic Church;Belle Vernon. He was formerly a director in the Bellmarette School District;a former member of the Belle Vernon Water Authority and former zoning;building and health inspector for Belle Vernon Borough. He was very active in civic endeavors and for many years sponsored the annual banquet for Meals on Wheels volunteers. He retired in 1938 as superintendent at the former Victoria Coal Company in Pricedale. In addition to his parents;he was preceded in death by his wife;Mary Kekely Hoffman;on Feb.18;1983;two sons;Edward Hoffman in 1966 and Joseph Hoffman in 1980 and a brother;John Mateka. Surviving are two sons and daughters-in-law;James V.and Joanne Hoffman of Belle Vernon and Retired Col.Paul L.and Heidi Hoffman of Huntsville;Ala.;two daughters;Mrs.Albert (Patricia) Zidek of Coal Center and Betty Ann Tonkavitch of Newport News;Va.;15 grandchildren;nine great-grandchildren;and one sister;Ann Neville of Struthers;Ohio. Friends will be received Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Thursday fom 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.in the Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;where a Prayer service will be held Friday at 9:30 a.m.;followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m.in St.Sebastian Roman Catholic Church;Belle Vernon;with the Rev.John R.Cindric;pastor;as celebrant. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Arrangements are being handled by the Ferguson Funeral Home.

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