Doreen Briten Hoffman
February 6, 1919 ~ March 20, 2002
Resided in:
Asheville, NC
Asheville Butterfly TrailBorn February 6, 1919 in Leicester, England, Mrs. Hoffman was the daughter of the late Ellen Sylvia Taylor and Horace Benjamin Briten and the stepdaughter of the late Samuel T. Hull of Honolulu, Hawaii.
Mrs. Hoffman came to Hawaii in 1928 and received her US citizenship papers in 1959. She was educated in Hawaii and married at St. Andrew's Episcopal Cathedral in Hawaii on February 15, 1941.
Mrs. Hoffman was a member of PEO Sisterhood since May 18, 1953. She was a lifelong Episcopalian. Mrs. Hoffman was active in The Order of the Daughters of the King and the Episcopal Church Women. She was a talented artist in oil painting, watercolors, needlework, clothing design, sewing, knitting and crochet. She learned the hula at a young age and continued performing hula programs into her 70's.
Survivors include her husband, Captain (USN Ret.)Charles Calvin Hoffman of Asheville; two daughters, Linda Hoff and her husband, Norman of Herndon, VA and Paula Byrd and her husband, Ralph of Powdersville, SC; a son, The Rev. Roy Hoffman and his wife, The Rev. Robyn Hoffman of Lemont, IL; four grandchildren, Kevan Hoff and Andrew Hoff of New York, NY and Ellen Byrd and Laura Byrd of Columbia, SC, and a brother, Roy C. Briten of Issaquah, WA.
A funeral service will be conducted Saturday at 2:00 PM in St. Giles Chapel of Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community with Rev. Morgan Gardner officiating. The family will receive friends following the service in the chapel. Interment will follow at Calvary Episcopal Churchyard.
Memorials may be made to the Residency Fund at Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community, 1617 Hendersonville Road, Asheville, NC 28803 or to the PEO Foundation c/o Treasurer Mrs. Marie Holcomb, 27 Waxwing Way, Hendersonville, NC 28792.
Take comfort in knowing that all the times you cared, and for all the times your being there made a real difference. Our deepest sympathy for your loss.
Our thoughts & prayers are with you during this difficult time. We pray for your strength to meet the challenges of each day – we hope it gives you some comfort knowing we are here for you.
Paula,
Hope all is going as well as possible. You,Ralph and your family are in my thoughts and prayers. You know you have a lot of friends that will do whatever you need if you only ask.
Stay strong.
Freddie
It was an honor to know your family. Thank you for the opportunity to care for Mrs.Hoffman. You all are very dear to us.
The Episcopal Diocese of Chicago express our deepest simpathy to the Hoffman family. May Dorren Rest in Peace. May her soul and the souls of all the faithfull departed through the mercy of God Rest in Peace. Amen.
May the great Easter promise of the Resurrection come as a comfort at a very sad and difficult time. My prayers are with you, Robyn and your father during the dark days when it is so hard to focus on the promises of life eternal.
Keeping you all in my prayers.
Uncle Chuck, Linda, Paula, Roy, and the entire Family,
I was deeply saddened and truly sorry to hear of Doreen’s passing and my thoughts and prayers are with you all. Though I didn’t know her well, the few times I had the privilege of being with her brought me great joy and left me with a lot of wonderful memories. The world is a much better place because of her.
It has been a great gift to know the Hoffman family. May our Easter Hope give us comfort for Doreen and provide us consolation in our grief. My prayers and thoughts will be with you all.
I am related to you on your mother Ellen Sylvia’s side. Your grandfather John Charles Taylor’s father Isaac was elder brother to Mark Taylor my ggg grandfather. His & Isaac’s parents were Richard & Ann (nee Checkley) married 18.7.1812 at St Lawrence, Foleshill, Warwickshire. My FT now includes your family
God Bless
Simon Taylor (England)