Carol Elizabeth Hoffman

b. 20 September 1918, d. 6 July 1969
  • Carol Elizabeth Hoffman was born on 20 September 1918 in New York.
  • Christian Hoffman appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 756 Glenwood Avenue. Other members of the household included Carol Elizabeth Hoffman, Ruth Mary Hoffman, Esther Louise Hoffman, Christian Charles Hoffman, Edith Dorothy Hoffman and George Daniel Hoffman.
  • Christian Hoffman and Anna Maria Christina Borth appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Buffalo, New York, at 756 Glenwood Avenue. Other members of the household included Carol Elizabeth Hoffman, Ruth Mary Hoffman, Esther Louise Hoffman, Christian Charles Hoffman, Edith Dorothy Hoffman and George Daniel Hoffman.
  • The following appeared on 8 July 1946 in the Buffalo Courier-Express: Mr. and Mrs. Christian Hoffman of Glenwood Ave. announce the engagement of their daughter, Carol Elizabeth, to Henry Juette of Winspear Ave.
  • She married Henry Juette, son of (?) Juette and Unknown (?), on 27 July 1946 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at Concordia Lutheran Church, with Rev. Herbert A. Bosch officiating.
  • The following appeared on 2 August 1946 in the Buffalo Courier-Express: Mr. and Mrs. Christian Hoffman of Glenwood Ave. announce the marriage of their daughter, Carol Elizabeth, to Henry Juette of Winspear Ave. on Saturday, July 27th, at Concordia Lutheran Church, in the presence of the immediate families. The Rev. Herbert A. Bosch officiated. [:CRT:]      Following a reception at the home of the bride's parents, the couple left for an Eastern motor trip. After August 15th, the newlyweds will be at home at 114 Winspear Ave.
  • Christ and Mate Hoffman were photographed with some of their family, about 1955.
  • The following appeared on 24 July 1955 in the Buffalo Courier-Express: George Dan'l Hoffman's recent one-man art show and song recital at the Twentieth Century Club drew your Good Listener's attention to the exceptionally talented Hoffman family -- six sons and daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Christian Hoffman, 751 Glenwood Ave.
         Christian Hoffman Sr. made his start as a blacksmith, then, changing with the times, became the owner of a garage and repair shop for cars. Although he and his wife were limited in schooling, they encouraged their sons and daughters to develop their abilities through education.
         Their daughter, Ruth, studied home economics at Buffalo State Teachers College, from where she was graduated. She is dietitian at Seneca Vocational High School.
         The second daughter, Mrs. Alfred Schillke of Eggertsville, a graduate of the Buffalo School of Fine Arts, is a former teacher of art in local public schools. Lately, she conducted the art course in the Vacation Bible School of Ascension Lutheran Church, Snyder.
         Christian Hoffman Jr., a graduate of Oswego State Teachers College, is a member of the faculty of Burgard Vocational High School. He has taken graduate courses at the University of Buffalo. The third daughter, Mrs. Carl [E]yring of Arizona, channels her artistic talent in the field of dress designing.
         George Dan'l Hoffman of New York has sung in Carnegie Hall and painted portraits of many outstanding Americans. His study of art, begun at the Buffalo School of Fine Arts, was continued at the Parsons Art School and Cooper Union Institute of New York. Currently he is conducting summer art classes at his Snyder studio.
         Mrs. Henry J[uette] of Snyder, youngest member of the family, made an intensive study of music. She is a church choir soloist, piano teacher, and former president of the Piano Teachers' Forum of Buffalo.
         This family is an excellent example of the opportunities available to Americans possessing talent and the perseverance essential to its development.
  • During May 1956, Christ and Mate Hoffman celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary, and family members posed for a group photograph.
  • The following appeared on 8 July 1959 in the Buffalo Courier-Express: [Died] Carol E. Hoffman Juette, July 6, 1969, at her home at 4100 Main St., Eggertsville, N.Y. after a long illness, beloved wife of Henry; mother of Paul H; daughter of Chrisitan and the late Anna Mary Hoffman; sister of Ruth M. Hoffman, Mrs. Alfred (Esther) Schillke, Christian C. Hoffman, Mrs. Carl (Edith) Eyring of Phoenix, Ariz., and George Daniel Hoffman. Friends may call at the Darwin E. Myers Funeral Home Inc., 4614 Main St., at Roycroft Blvd., Snyder, N.Y., Monday 7-9 and Tuesday 2-4 and 7-9. Funeral from St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Wednesday at 2 o'clock. Friends invited. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Paul's Lutheran Church.
  • Carol Elizabeth Hoffman died on 6 July 1969 at age 50 in Eggertsville, Erie County, New York, at 4100 Main Street at her residence.
  • Henry Juette became a widower at her death.
  • She was interred at Acacia Park Cemetery, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, New York.
  • The following appeared on 8 July 1969 in the Buffalo Courier-Express: [Died] Carol E Hoffman Juette, July 6, 1969, at her home at 4100 Main St., Eggertsville, N.Y. after a long illness, beloved wife of Henry; mother of Paul H; daughter of Christian and the late Anna Mary Hoffman; sister of Ruth M. Hoffman, Mrs. Alfred (Esther) Schillke, Christian C. Hoffman, Mrs. Carl (Edith) Eyring of Phoenix, Ariz. and George Daniel Hoffman. Friends may call at the Darwin E. Myers Funeral Home Inc., 4614 Main St., at Roycroft Blvd., Snyder, N.Y., Monday 7-9. Funeral from St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Wednesday at 2 o'clock. Friends invited. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Paul's Lutheran Church.
  • The following appeared on 8 July 1969 in the Buffalo Courier-Express: Mrs. Henry Juette, 50, a teacher of piano and voice and a musician long active in various organizations, died Sunday in her home at 4100 Main St., Eggertsville, after a long illness.
         A teacher of piano and voice from 1940 to 1965, Mrs. Juette taught piano for the Urban League of Buffalo on this city's East Side early in her career and taught a total of 200 pupils in her home for the next 20 years.
         Mrs. Juette, the former Carol E. Hoffman, was a past president of the Piano Teachers Forum of Buffalo, the Women's Auxiliary of the Amherst Symphony Orchestra Assn., the Lutheran Women of St. Paul's Church, Eggertsville, the Quota Club of Buffalo, and the PTA of the Eggert Rd. School, Eggertsville.
         She directed the Children's Choir of St. Paul's Church from 1963 to 1968 where she was a member of the choir. A soprano, she was a member of the choir at St. John's Episcopal Church, Buffalo, in the early 1940s. She sang in the choir and was a soloist at the Humboldt Methodist Church in the 1940s.
         She gave piano recitals at Kleinhans Music Hall and in her home for the Piano Teachers Forum and the Chromatic Club of Buffalo. She was a former director of the latter organization.
         Mrs. Juette, a Buffalo native who studied piano and voice here, was a member of the Women's Committee of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Society.
         She also was a member of the Twentieth Century Club, the Pak Country Club, the Women's Auxiliary of the Amherst-Clarence Hospital Assn. and the Women's Auxiliary of the Niagara Frontier Builders Assn.
         Her husband is the president of Juette Builders Inc.
  • A single grave marker identifies the graves of Henry Juette and Carol Elizabeth Hoffman.
    Henry and Carol Elizabeth Hoffman Juette, Acacia Park Cemetery, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, New York
  • Last Edited: 12 Mar 2017

Family: Henry Juette b. 27 August 1899, d. 17 July 1984