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- Raymond O. Hoffman Jr.
Newspaper November 4, 2008 | Oneida Daily Dispatch, The (NY)
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SYRACUSE - Raymond O. Hoffman Jr., 61, a native of Oneida, passed away on Wednesday morning, Oct. 29, 2008, at St. Camillus Health and Rehabilitation Center in Syracuse, where he had been a resident since Aug. 3, 1990.
Ray was born on Jan. 7, 1947 in Oneida, the son of Raymond O. Hoffman Sr., and Bertha and Irving Seaman. He was a 1965 graduate of Oneida High School.
He proudly served his country with the U.S. Navy Seabees Mobile Construction Battalion No. 71 from 1965 to 1969 during the Vietnam War.
Ray was a former co-owner of North Country Grocery Store in Old Forge, N.Y. He was employed as a co-manager with the P&C Food Markets in Oneida County, and he was a meat cutter at Peters IGA in Jamesville before his illness in 1990.
Ray enjoyed fishing, hunting and the outdoors. Those who came to know Ray will remember him as being quite the comedian and playing jokes on those close to him. No matter the situation, he could always make you laugh.
Ray was of the Catholic faith and had formerly attended St. Patrick's Church in Oneida. He was a member of the former Vietnam Veterans Association No. 293 in Morrisville, a member of the Old Forge Masonic Lodge and was a former president of the Old Forge Fire Department and EMT.
Surviving are his children and their spouses, Lori Ann and David Sabino of Lake Mary, Fla., Vic Hoffman of Rockville, Md. and Mary Margaret and Charles Cronin of Morrisville; two sisters and brothers-in-laws, Joyce and Army Carinci of Oneida and Barbara and Paul Levitt of Verona; five grandchildren, Kira Marie, Divina Rae, Tyler Leeann, Caitlynne Josephine, and Charles Ryan; also surviving is his former wife, Linda Walters mother of his children and several nieces and nephews. He was pre-deceased by his father, mother, step-father and sister, Irma Mae.
Funeral services will be held 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008 from the Ironside Funeral Home, and 10 a.m. from St. Patrick's Church, where the Funeral Mass will be celebrated by Rev. Richard Kapral. Interment with Military Honors will be made in Glenwood Cemetery, Oneida. Friends are invited and may call 4-7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7 at the funeral home, 342 Main St., Oneida. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Camillus Brain Injury Program at St. Camillus Health and Rehabilitation Center, 813 Fay Road, Syracuse, NY 13219.
You may view obituary and send a message of condolence online at:
www.ironsidefuneralhome.com
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1947 - 2008 (61 years)
d. 12 Sep 1987, Oneida, Lenox Twp., Madison Co., NY