Born on January 19, 1927 to the late Charles Sr. and Etta Catherine (Weller) Hoffman in Newark, NJ.
Charles entered the Navy in 1944 as a Seaman 2nd class and honorable discharged in 1946. In 1948 he married his late wife Florence and joined the police force in 1949 before deciding to become a fire fighter in 1952 where he served till retiring from the Union Fire Department as Deputy Chief in 1990. After retirement he and his wife loved to travel but most important to him was spending time with his family. He will be remembered as a loving husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather.
Charles was a loving husband to his wife the late Florence Hoffman, loving father of Susan Tobin and her husband James, Robert Hoffman and his partner Linda Durning, and the late Kenneth Hoffman and his wife the late Mary. Dear grandfather of Danielle Wolf and her husband Marc, Christine Friese and her husband Neil, Kelly Hamilton and her husband Eric, Megan Hoffman, Brian Hoffman, Jamie Cooper and her husband Michael, Kevin Tobin and his wife Jacklyn, and Katie Ballard and her husband Robert. Adoring great-grandfather of Daveigh and Samantha Wolf, Andrew and Owen Hamilton, Ayla Nahrebny-Hoffman, Luke Cooper, Alina, James and Connor Tobin, and Kristin, Erin, and Jack Ballard.
Relatives and friends are invited to visit the McCracken Funeral Home 1500 Morris Ave, Union, NJ on Monday July 15, 2019 from 2-4 and 7-9pm. A funeral service will be held at Connecticut Farms Presbyterian Church, Union on Tuesday July 16, 2019 at 1:00pm with interment to follow at Hollywood Memorial Park, Union. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Charles' name to Connecticut Farms Presbyterian Church, 888 Stuyvesant Ave, Union, NJ 07083 or to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 501 St Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.McCrackenFuneralHome.com for the Hoffman family.
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