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DATE: Monday, September 23, 1996            TAG: 9609230005
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: CHESAPEAKE                        LENGTH:   20 lines

IONE W. HOFFLER

Ione Worrell Hoffler, 76, of the 4200 block of Raleigh Road, died Sept. 22, 1996, in her home.

A native of Portsmouth, Mrs. Hoffler was a member of Bethany Baptist Church and the Rebecca Sunday School Class. She retired from Spector Freight Systems.

Survivors include her husband, Thomas Eddie Hoffler; a son, Thomas Edward Hoffler Jr. and his wife, Abbe, of Chesapeake; a sister, Katherine Nesbit of Norfolk; and two grandchildren, Meredith R. Hoffler and Natalie M. Hoffler.

A funeral service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Boulevard Chapel, by the Rev. Gene V. Primm. Entombment will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. The family will be at the funeral home from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Memorials can be made to the Bethany Baptist Church or Hope Haven.

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