Merle Hoffman

Calling Hours:
Friday, December 6, 2019, 3:00-5:00pm
Saturday, December 7, 2019, 10:00-11:00am
Loutzenhiser-Jordan Funeral Home and Cremation
Services, Inc., 366-368 S. Main St., Greenville, PA

Funeral Service:
Saturday, December 7, 2019, 11:00am
Loutzenhiser-Jordan Funeral Home and Cremation
Services, Inc., 366-368 S. Main St., Greenville, PA
Rev. Linda Miller-Pretz, officiating
Greenville VFW Post #3374 will render military honors
at the conclusion of the service

Burial with committal and military honors rendered by
Greenville VFW Post #3374 in Shenango Valley Cemetery

Merle J. Hoffman, age 98, of Greenville, passed away Tuesday afternoon, December 3, 2019 in St. Paul's Senior Living Community.

He was born on July 22, 1921 to Clyde and Mabel (Keppel) Hoffman. Merle was a 1939 graduate of Penn High School, attended Keystone Engineering in Pittsburgh, and served his country from 1942-1945 in the U.S. Army 629 ^th Engineer Co. He had been employed for over 35 years in sales at the former Greenville Steel Car and had been a photographer in the Greenville area for 15 years.

Merle was a member of First United Methodist Church, Greenville, where he was active with the Methodist Men, taught Sunday School and was a youth advisor. He was a 32 ^nd Degree Mason with F&AM #290, was a past member of Greenville Kiwanis Club, was a member and past president of the Greenville Historical Society and had served as an Assistant Scout Master with Troop #51.

On December 11, 1945 he married the former Betty Christy, she preceded him in death on March 20, 2007. He is survived by a daughter, Sylvia Macierowski and her husband Jay of Frederick, MD and a son, Kip Hoffman and his wife Rose of Greenville, four grandchildren, Matt Hoffman and his wife Jinna, Annie Hoffman and her fiance Raj, Derek Macierowski and Leigh Ann Midkiff and her husband Brian and a great-granddaughter; Ada Hoffman.

He was preceded in death by his parents, wife and two infant sons; Kim and Kerry.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Paul's Senior Living Community, 339 E. Jamestown Rd., Greenville, PA 16125.