This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jensearch1 Surnames: Hoffman, Wanninger, Blair, McCormick Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.langlade/1323/mb.ashx Message Board Post: HOFFMAN FUNERAL RITES WEDNESDAY Funeral services for Mrs. Frank J. Hoffman, 86, of 1015 Fifth avenue, who died Monday, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary's Catholic church. The Rev. Norman Krutzik will officiate, and burial will be in Queen of Peace cemetery. Friends may call at the McCandless-Zobel and Bradley funeral home after 2:30 p.m. today. A parish wake service will be held at 8:15 o'clock this evening. The former Josephine Wanninger was born Feb. 23, 1885, in Antigo, a daughter of the late Frank and Mary Wanninger, and was a lifetime resident of Antigo. On Sept. 5, 1905, she was married at St. Mary's Catholic church to Frank J. Hoffman, and the couple operated the Hoffman Hotel here. Since the death of her husband on Dec. 10, 1930, Mrs. Hoffman continued the hotel business here, and the Hoffman Hotel has been in continuous operation for the past 58 years. Mrs. Hoffman was a member of St. Mary's Catholic church, the Rosary Society of the church, the Women's National Catholic Society of Foresters, the Royal Neighbors of America and the Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Surviving her are a daughter, Mrs. Robert H. (Margaret) Blair, of Bay City, Mich.; and daughter-in-law, Mrs. Evelyn Hoffman of Antigo; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; a daughter, Marian, in infancy; two sons, Joseph in 1951 and Mike in 1958; a sister, Mrs. Mary McCormick; and seven brothers, Frank, Rudy, Joseph, Wenzel, George, John and William Wanninger. ANTIGO JOURNAL - Antigo, Wisconsin Tuesday, 24 August 1971 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.