Personal Life and Death
Hoffman died 29 October 2008 in his Houston home. He is survived by his wife, Mary Hoffman (a niece of U.S. President Warren G. Harding); three daughters, Mary Victoria, Ruth Ann, and Jeanne; his grandchildren John, Guy, Elizabeth, Benjamin, Melanie, and Mary; and his great-grand child Mary Mae.
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