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View Tree for John Thomas HofmannJohn Thomas Hofmann (b. 1937, d. 04 Mar 2008)

John Thomas Hofmann (son of William Hofmann and Alice) was born 1937 in Trenton, NJ, and died 04 Mar 2008 in Beach Haven West, STAFFORD, New Jersey. He married Mary Jane Callan on 30 Nov 1957 in Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, daughter of Charles William Callan and Anna Balderston.

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March 6, 2008
JOHN T. HOFMANN, 71, of Beach Haven West, STAFFORD
JOHN T. HOFMANN, 71, of Beach Haven West, STAFFORD, passed away Tuesday, March 4. John was formerly of Morrisville, Pa., where he and his wife Mary Jane spent 40 years of their married life raising their family of four children. John graduated from St. Mary's grammar school and then Trenton Catholic High School in 1954, both in Trenton. From there, he served in the U.S. Army from April of 1955 to April of 1957. After his service, he came home to his high school sweetheart, Mary Jane Callan and was married in November 1957. He worked for REA Express and from there he went on to work as the Bucks County Director of Public Works, the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission and he retired from the Pennsylvania State Lottery to the New Jersey shore he loved so passionately. In John's 40 years in Morrisville, he served as councilman for the 4th ward and then as president of Morrisville Borough Council. At the same time, he was an active member of Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church.
John was predeceased by his parents, William and Alice Hofmann; and his older brother, William L. Hofmann. John leaves behind his loving wife of 50 years, Mary Jane Callan Hofmann; two daughters, Sharon and her husband Ted Hoffman of Yardley, Pa., and Kathleen and her husband Bob Miller of Hackettstown; and two sons, John T. Jr. and his wife Stacy Hofmann of Langhorne, Pa., and Robert J. and his wife Linda Hofmann of Verona. They have eight grandchildren who were the apples of their eye, Matthew and Kristyn Miller, Caitlyn Hoffman, and J.T., Tyler, Theresa, Courtney and Bobby Hofmann. In addition, John leaves a brother, Berard Hofmann of Glenwood Springs, Colo.; and a sister, Alice and her husband Jerry Craghead of Overton, Nev.
Relatives and friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at the J. Allen Hooper Funeral Chapel, 41 W. Trenton Ave., Morrisville, Pa. Funeral services will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday from the funeral chapel, followed by a 10 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial to be celebrated in Holy Trinity R.C. Church, 201 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Morrisville, Pa. Interment will follow in the parish cemetery in Lower Makefield Township. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made to Visitation Home, Inc., P.O. Box 11242, Hamilton, NJ 08620.


JOHN THOMAS HOFMANN

KNOWN AS “JOHN” TO MOST OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY

TO SOME HE IS KNOWN AS UNCLE, COUSIN, BROTHER AND ROYAL!- “PAIN WHERE THE SUN DON’T SHINE”………..



TO SPECIAL OTHERS HERE TODAY HE IS KNOWN AS “POP” SYNOMOUS WITH “POP’S TEA” DURING SUMMER MONTHS



TO OUR MOTHER, HE IS KNOWN AS “JOHN” AND A FEW OTHER CHOICE WORDS THAT COME TO MIND DURING THEIR CONVERSATIONS IN A LOVING CARING KIND OF WAY.. ALWAYS SURE TO GET A CHUCKLE FROM THE GRAND KIDS.



TO ME AND MY SISTER AND BROTHERS HE WAS KNOWN AS “DAD”

TO ALL HERE TODAY, HE WAS KNOWN AS “FRIEND” AND ALWAYS ENJOYED !! YOUR COMPANY WHETHER YOU WERE DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN…

WELLLLLLLL….. REPUBLICANS BEING ON THE SHORT LIST FOR COMPANY AND CONVERSATIONS…


OUR DAD WAS BORN IN TRENTON TO ALICE AND BILL HOFMANN .

HE WAS THE SECOND OLDEST OF 4 CHILDREN. UNCLE BILL, WHO DAD JOINS IN HEAVEN, AND UNCLE BOB AND AUNT ALICE.



DAD GREW UP ON A STREET WE FONDLY KNEW TO US GROWING UP AS “MONMOUTH PLACE” DAD WAS ALWAYS PROUD OF WHERE HE GREW UP AND HOW HE WAS RAISED. DAD OFTEN USED TO DRIVE US BY ‘MONMOUTH Place”. WE KNEW THAT MONMOUTH PLACE WAS ALSO LOCATED UPHILL TO SCHOOL WHEN HE WENT TO SCHOOL AND UPHILL WHEN HE LEFT SCHOOL TO GO HOME. NOT TO MENTION THAT “MONMOUTH PLACE” ALWAYS HAD 6 INCHES OF SNOW WHICH BOTHERED HIS FEET BECAUSE HE HAD HOLES IN HIS SHOES. ESPECIALLY SINCE HE HAD TO COME HOME FOR LUNCH “UPHILL BOTH WAYS” WITH THE WIND BLOWING AGAINST HIM.

MONMOUTH PLACE WAS WHERE DAD WAS GROUNDED… THE CENTER POINT OF WHO HE WAS AND WHO HE WOULD BECOME. MONMOUTH PLACE LEAD HIM TO HIS WIFE OF 50 YEARS WHO DAD ALWAYS CALLED THE GIRL NEXT DOOR MARY JANE CALLAN, OUR ‘MOM’. THE CONVERSATION AND STORY TELLING ABOUT DADS LIFE AT TRENTON CATHOLIC AND HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COUSINS WAS MEMORIES THAT HE NEVER FORGOT AND WAS ALWAYS PROUD.

AFTER GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL DAD VOLUNTARY ENLISTED FOR 2 YEARS IN THE ARMY. AFTER THE ARMY DAD MARRIED THE “GIRL NEXT DOOR” AND STARTED HIS FAMILY.

DAD WORKED AT MANY JOBS GROWING UP AND SOME TIMES 2.. ALONG WITH PUBLIC SERVICE TO HIS COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE FOR HIS FAMILY.

DAD WAS ALWAYS A HARD WORKER AND NEVER COMPLAINED OR WAIVERED WHEN IT CAME TO SUPPORT OF HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HE WAS ALWAYS A SOURCE OF STRENGTH TO US, OUR MOTHER , FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

GROWING UP IN THE HOFMANN HOUSEHOLD WAS FILLED WITH SO MANY

GREAT MEMORIES OF HOLIDAYS, VACATIONS , TRIPS, OR LIFE LESSONS

THAT TILL THIS DAY HURTS SOME US WHEN WE SIT DOWN!!!!

DAD WAS ALWAYS THERE, OVER OUR SHOULDERS TEACHING US

RESPONSIBILITY TO FAMILY & FRIENDS, RESPECT, KINDNESS, FAITH IN

GOD AND TO ALWAYS VOTE STRAIGHT DEMOCRATIC IN EVERY ELECTION.

THERE ARE NUMEROUS MEMORIES WITH DAD… SOME SMALL…. SOME

LARGE…. SOME THAT YOU MAY KNOW WITH DAD THAT EACH OF YOU

WILL CARRY WITH YOU AND SHARE THOUGHOUT EACH OF YOUR LIVES

WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.











IN CLOSING , OUR DAD WENT FROM BEING A LOVING SON TO OUR GRANDMOTHER AND GRANDFATHER.

TO A LOVING BROTHER TO UNCLE BILL / UNCLE BOB AND AUNT ALICE.

TO BEING A LOVING HUSBAND TO OUR MOTHER

TO A FATHER TO MY SISTER AND BROTHERS.. WE WERE BLESSED TO HAVE AND ENJOYED A LOVING CARING FATHER WHO WAS ALWAYS THERE TO ENCOURAGE US AND ACCEPT US, SOMETIME TO BE CRITICAL OF US IN HIS ACCEPTING WAY.. EVEN IF WE DID NOT VOTE STRAIGHT DEMOCRAT.

TO A FATHER IN LAW, TO TED, BOB, THE 2 LINDA’S, AND RECENTLY STACY, EVEN THOUGH HE COULDN’T CONVINCE SOME OF THE MENTIONED TO VOTE DEMOCRAT, HE ALWAYS….ALWAYS CONSIDER THEM AS ONE OF HIS OWN, WHEN THEY ENTERED OUR FAMILY.

TO A PROUD “POP” TO HIS GRANDCHILDREN, EVEN IF THEY NEVER “SHUT
THE DOOR!” AND IN HIS EYE’S COULD DO NO WRONG. IT WAS PURE JOY
TO SEE HIM AROUND HIS GRAND CHILDREN.


IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS WHILE HE WAS SICK DAD REMINDED US ALL AGAIN OF OUR LIFE LESSONS, TO ALWAYS DEPEND ON EACH OTHER AND OUR FRIENDS, AND TO BE A SOURCE OF STRENGTH TO EACH OTHER.

BUT….. MOST IMPORTANTLY TO TAKE CARE OF MOM, SO HE COULD RELAX WITH HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN HEAVEN.








More About John Thomas Hofmann:
Burial: 08 Mar 2008, Holy Trinity R.C. Church. Interment the parish cemetery in Lower Makefield Township..
Funeral: 08 Mar 2008, Mass of Christian Burial to be celebrated in Holy Trinity R.C. Church, 201 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Morrisville, Pa..
Record Change: 17 Oct 1998

More About John Thomas Hofmann and Mary Jane Callan:
Marriage: 30 Nov 1957, Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey.

Children of John Thomas Hofmann and Mary Jane Callan are:
  1. +Sharon Hofmann, b. 14 Oct 1958, Trenton, Mercer Co., New Jersey.
  2. +Kathy Hofmann, b. 19 Sep 1960.
  3. +John Thomas Hofmann Jr., b. 08 Dec 1962.
  4. +Robert(Bobby) Hofmann, b. 08 Sep 1964.
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