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Marie J. Hofmann

August 21, 1934 — May 27, 2006

Marie J. Hofmann

Marie J. Hofmann, 71, Cumru Township, died May 27 at 10:15 p.m. in Reading Hospital, where she had been a patient for three days.

She was the wife of Bernard M. Hofmann.

Born in West Reading, she was a daughter of the late Adam and Theresia (Helmert) Becker.

Hofmann had been employed as an art teacher by the Reading School District from 1957-60.

She was a 1952 graduate of Central Catholic High School; attended Seton Hill College, Greensburg, Westmoreland County; and was a 1957 graduate of Kutztown University.

Hofmann was a member of St. John Baptist de La Salle Roman Catholic Church, Shillington, where she was a former Girl Scout Troop leader and catechism teacher.

She was a former tour director for the Reading Public Museum, and a driver and volunteer for Meals on Wheels.

Hofmann was past president of the Reading Camping Club.

She also is survived by two daughters, Karen M. (Hofmann) VanDorn, Sinking Spring, and Connie A. (Hofmann) O'Murchu, Wayne, Delaware County; and three sons: Joseph P., Lancaster; James B., Washington; and Steven T., Shillington.

There also are nine grandchildren.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Wednesday at 10 a.m. in St. John Baptist de La Salle RC Church. Burial will be in Gethsemane Cemetery, Laureldale. Friends may call from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday night at the funeral home, and also from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 498 Bellevue Ave. Reading, PA 19605. Edward J. Kuhn Funeral Home Inc., West Reading, is in charge of arrangements.

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