Mary L. Hoffman, 90, formerly of Chicora, died at 1:55 a.m. Tuesday at Sunnyview Home.

Born in McKees Rocks, Allegheny County, Oct. 5, 1915, she was the daughter of Stephen and Mary Sopcek Machalica.

She had worked at the Deshon Hospital, now the Butler Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and had been a nurse's aide at the McGinley Nursing Home, now the Betty Thomas Home, in Oakland Township, for several years.

She was a former member of St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church, Sugarcreek Township, Armstrong County, for 40 years and had belonged to the Altar Society of the church. She was a current member of St. Peter Roman Catholic Church on Franklin Street. She also belonged to the Chicora and the Tanglewood senior centers, AARP, the Chicora Women of the Moose, and the Women of JENOTA.

Surviving are seven nephews and four nieces; and although she had no children, many of her grandnieces and grandnephews looked upon her as a grandmother.

Her husband, Harry M. Hoffman, whom she married Nov. 18, 1943, died Jan. 29, 1987. A sister and five brothers preceded her in death.

<B>HOFFMAN </B>— Friends of Mary L. Hoffman, who died Tuesday, May 23, 2006, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the <B>STEIGHNER FUNERAL HOME</B>, 111 E. Slippery Rock St., Chicora. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Peter Roman Catholic Church, 127 Franklin St., with the Rev. Pierre Falkenhan officiating. Burial will be at St. Patrick Cemetery, Sugarcreek Township, Armstrong County.The Women's Council of St. Peter Parish will recite the rosary at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the church.Memorial donations may be made to the Mental Health & Association, 140 Elm St., Butler, PA 16001.