Mary Harding Hoffman was born on the 17th of May 1919, in Columbus, Ohio, the daughter of Dr. George T. Harding, Jr. and Elsie Weaver Harding. She was a niece of U.S. President, Warren G. Harding. She died on Sunday, the 26th of February 2012, in Houston, where she had lived since 1957.
Mrs. Hoffman was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Philip G. Hoffman, by her son Dr. Philip G. Hoffman, Jr., and by her three brothers, George Tryon Harding, III MD, Warren G Harding, II MD, Dr. Charles W. Harding, and her sister, Dr. Ruth Harding Evans.
She is survived by three daughters and sons-in-law, Vicki and J.C. Cobb, Ruth Ann and Dr. Chris Cabler, and Jeanne and Tom Camp; her grandchildren, John Forsyth, Guy Forsyth, Elizabeth Donelson, Benjamin Hoffman, Melanie Camp and Mary Grace Camp; her great grandchildren, Mary Mae Forsyth and James Philip Donelson; as well as numerous nephews and nieces.
Mary attended elementary and high school in Worthington, Ohio before graduating from Mt. Vernon (Ohio) Academy. She received her higher education from Columbia Union College in Washington D.C. and the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. She also received nursing training at White Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles.
Mary served as a Board Member of the following organizations: Alley Theater, Y.W.C.A., United Fund, Council of Human Relations, American Red Cross, Women's Public Relations Board, St. Joseph's Hospital and Lamar Towers. She was a member of Women of Rotary, Pan American Roundtable (Director 1983-1984), ARCS (Achievement Awards for College Scientists), University of Houston Women's Association, and Daughters of the American Revolution. In 1984 she received the Great Texans Award of the National Foundation of Ileitis and Colitis. She is an Honorary Member of the Mortar Board. She is a charter member of Park Plaza Hospital and has served as a volunteer since 1975.
As "first lady" of the University of Houston from 1961-1979, she made an outstanding contribution to the University, and to "town and gown" relations. The University of Houston established the Mary Harding Hoffman Scholarship in her honor. The Houston City Council, by proclamation, designated March 13, 1979 as Mary Harding Hoffman Day in recognition of her many contributions to the Houston Community. In 2005 Mary was honored by the University of Houston in the naming of the Mary Hoffman Faculty and Staff Lounge in the University Library.
Her many friends will remember her warm and friendly disposition and genuine concern for their welfare. Her family will miss her unfailing love and support, and her sense of humor. Mary was truly a lighting presence upon all she met and loved.
The family would like to acknowledge the loving care and support of the staff at the Hallmark where Mary spent the last three and one half years of her life.
Friends are cordially invited to gather with the family and share remembrances of Mary from two until five o'clock in the afternoon on Saturday, the 3rd of March, in the Drawing Room of Geo. H. Lewis & Sons, 1010 Bering Drive in Houston.
At a later date, the family is to gather for a private interment service, where Mary and her husband, the late Dr. Philip Hoffman, will be inurned together at Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery in Houston.
In lieu of customary remembrances, the family requests with gratitude that memorial contributions in Mrs. Hoffman's name be directed to the Mary Harding Hoffman Scholarship Fund at the University of Houston, care of Jeanne H. Camp, P.O. Box 891141, Houston, TX, 77062; or to the charity of one's choice.
Geo. H. Lewis & Sons.
Mrs. Hoffman was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Philip G. Hoffman, by her son Dr. Philip G. Hoffman, Jr., and by her three brothers, George Tryon Harding, III MD, Warren G Harding, II MD, Dr. Charles W. Harding, and her sister, Dr. Ruth Harding Evans.
She is survived by three daughters and sons-in-law, Vicki and J.C. Cobb, Ruth Ann and Dr. Chris Cabler, and Jeanne and Tom Camp; her grandchildren, John Forsyth, Guy Forsyth, Elizabeth Donelson, Benjamin Hoffman, Melanie Camp and Mary Grace Camp; her great grandchildren, Mary Mae Forsyth and James Philip Donelson; as well as numerous nephews and nieces.
Mary attended elementary and high school in Worthington, Ohio before graduating from Mt. Vernon (Ohio) Academy. She received her higher education from Columbia Union College in Washington D.C. and the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. She also received nursing training at White Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles.
Mary served as a Board Member of the following organizations: Alley Theater, Y.W.C.A., United Fund, Council of Human Relations, American Red Cross, Women's Public Relations Board, St. Joseph's Hospital and Lamar Towers. She was a member of Women of Rotary, Pan American Roundtable (Director 1983-1984), ARCS (Achievement Awards for College Scientists), University of Houston Women's Association, and Daughters of the American Revolution. In 1984 she received the Great Texans Award of the National Foundation of Ileitis and Colitis. She is an Honorary Member of the Mortar Board. She is a charter member of Park Plaza Hospital and has served as a volunteer since 1975.
As "first lady" of the University of Houston from 1961-1979, she made an outstanding contribution to the University, and to "town and gown" relations. The University of Houston established the Mary Harding Hoffman Scholarship in her honor. The Houston City Council, by proclamation, designated March 13, 1979 as Mary Harding Hoffman Day in recognition of her many contributions to the Houston Community. In 2005 Mary was honored by the University of Houston in the naming of the Mary Hoffman Faculty and Staff Lounge in the University Library.
Her many friends will remember her warm and friendly disposition and genuine concern for their welfare. Her family will miss her unfailing love and support, and her sense of humor. Mary was truly a lighting presence upon all she met and loved.
The family would like to acknowledge the loving care and support of the staff at the Hallmark where Mary spent the last three and one half years of her life.
Friends are cordially invited to gather with the family and share remembrances of Mary from two until five o'clock in the afternoon on Saturday, the 3rd of March, in the Drawing Room of Geo. H. Lewis & Sons, 1010 Bering Drive in Houston.
At a later date, the family is to gather for a private interment service, where Mary and her husband, the late Dr. Philip Hoffman, will be inurned together at Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery in Houston.
In lieu of customary remembrances, the family requests with gratitude that memorial contributions in Mrs. Hoffman's name be directed to the Mary Harding Hoffman Scholarship Fund at the University of Houston, care of Jeanne H. Camp, P.O. Box 891141, Houston, TX, 77062; or to the charity of one's choice.
Geo. H. Lewis & Sons.
Mary Harding Hoffman was born on the 17th of May 1919, in Columbus, Ohio, the daughter of Dr. George T. Harding, Jr. and Elsie Weaver Harding. She was a niece of U.S. President, Warren G. Harding. She died on Sunday, the 26th of February 2012, in Houston, where she had lived since 1957.
Mrs. Hoffman was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Philip G. Hoffman, by her son Dr. Philip G. Hoffman, Jr., and by her three brothers, George Tryon Harding, III MD, Warren G Harding, II MD, Dr. Charles W. Harding, and her sister, Dr. Ruth Harding Evans.
She is survived by three daughters and sons-in-law, Vicki and J.C. Cobb, Ruth Ann and Dr. Chris Cabler, and Jeanne and Tom Camp; her grandchildren, John Forsyth, Guy Forsyth, Elizabeth Donelson, Benjamin Hoffman, Melanie Camp and Mary Grace Camp; her great grandchildren, Mary Mae Forsyth and James Philip Donelson; as well as numerous nephews and nieces.
Mary attended elementary and high school in Worthington, Ohio before graduating from Mt. Vernon (Ohio) Academy. She received her higher education from Columbia Union College in Washington D.C. and the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. She also received nursing training at White Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles.
Mary served as a Board Member of the following organizations: Alley Theater, Y.W.C.A., United Fund, Council of Human Relations, American Red Cross, Women's Public Relations Board, St. Joseph's Hospital and Lamar Towers. She was a member of Women of Rotary, Pan American Roundtable (Director 1983-1984), ARCS (Achievement Awards for College Scientists), University of Houston Women's Association, and Daughters of the American Revolution. In 1984 she received the Great Texans Award of the National Foundation of Ileitis and Colitis. She is an Honorary Member of the Mortar Board. She is a charter member of Park Plaza Hospital and has served as a volunteer since 1975.
As "first lady" of the University of Houston from 1961-1979, she made an outstanding contribution to the University, and to "town and gown" relations. The University of Houston established the Mary Harding Hoffman Scholarship in her honor. The Houston City Council, by proclamation, designated March 13, 1979 as Mary Harding Hoffman Day in recognition of her many contributions to the Houston Community. In 2005 Mary was honored by the University of Houston in the naming of the Mary Hoffman Faculty and Staff Lounge in the University Library.
Her many friends will remember her warm and friendly disposition and genuine concern for their welfare. Her family will miss her unfailing love and support, and her sense of humor. Mary was truly a lighting presence upon all she met and loved.
The family would like to acknowledge the loving care and support of the staff at the Hallmark where Mary spent the last three and one half years of her life.
Friends are cordially invited to gather with the family and share remembrances of Mary from two until five o'clock in the afternoon on Saturday, the 3rd of March, in the Drawing Room of Geo. H. Lewis & Sons, 1010 Bering Drive in Houston.
At a later date, the family is to gather for a private interment service, where Mary and her husband, the late Dr. Philip Hoffman, will be inurned together at Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery in Houston.
In lieu of customary remembrances, the family requests with gratitude that memorial contributions in Mrs. Hoffman's name be directed to the Mary Harding Hoffman Scholarship Fund at the University of Houston, care of Jeanne H. Camp, P.O. Box 891141, Houston, TX, 77062; or to the charity of one's choice.
Geo. H. Lewis & Sons.
Mrs. Hoffman was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Philip G. Hoffman, by her son Dr. Philip G. Hoffman, Jr., and by her three brothers, George Tryon Harding, III MD, Warren G Harding, II MD, Dr. Charles W. Harding, and her sister, Dr. Ruth Harding Evans.
She is survived by three daughters and sons-in-law, Vicki and J.C. Cobb, Ruth Ann and Dr. Chris Cabler, and Jeanne and Tom Camp; her grandchildren, John Forsyth, Guy Forsyth, Elizabeth Donelson, Benjamin Hoffman, Melanie Camp and Mary Grace Camp; her great grandchildren, Mary Mae Forsyth and James Philip Donelson; as well as numerous nephews and nieces.
Mary attended elementary and high school in Worthington, Ohio before graduating from Mt. Vernon (Ohio) Academy. She received her higher education from Columbia Union College in Washington D.C. and the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. She also received nursing training at White Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles.
Mary served as a Board Member of the following organizations: Alley Theater, Y.W.C.A., United Fund, Council of Human Relations, American Red Cross, Women's Public Relations Board, St. Joseph's Hospital and Lamar Towers. She was a member of Women of Rotary, Pan American Roundtable (Director 1983-1984), ARCS (Achievement Awards for College Scientists), University of Houston Women's Association, and Daughters of the American Revolution. In 1984 she received the Great Texans Award of the National Foundation of Ileitis and Colitis. She is an Honorary Member of the Mortar Board. She is a charter member of Park Plaza Hospital and has served as a volunteer since 1975.
As "first lady" of the University of Houston from 1961-1979, she made an outstanding contribution to the University, and to "town and gown" relations. The University of Houston established the Mary Harding Hoffman Scholarship in her honor. The Houston City Council, by proclamation, designated March 13, 1979 as Mary Harding Hoffman Day in recognition of her many contributions to the Houston Community. In 2005 Mary was honored by the University of Houston in the naming of the Mary Hoffman Faculty and Staff Lounge in the University Library.
Her many friends will remember her warm and friendly disposition and genuine concern for their welfare. Her family will miss her unfailing love and support, and her sense of humor. Mary was truly a lighting presence upon all she met and loved.
The family would like to acknowledge the loving care and support of the staff at the Hallmark where Mary spent the last three and one half years of her life.
Friends are cordially invited to gather with the family and share remembrances of Mary from two until five o'clock in the afternoon on Saturday, the 3rd of March, in the Drawing Room of Geo. H. Lewis & Sons, 1010 Bering Drive in Houston.
At a later date, the family is to gather for a private interment service, where Mary and her husband, the late Dr. Philip Hoffman, will be inurned together at Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery in Houston.
In lieu of customary remembrances, the family requests with gratitude that memorial contributions in Mrs. Hoffman's name be directed to the Mary Harding Hoffman Scholarship Fund at the University of Houston, care of Jeanne H. Camp, P.O. Box 891141, Houston, TX, 77062; or to the charity of one's choice.
Geo. H. Lewis & Sons.
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