Gertrude Hoffman

Hoosick – Gertrude (North, Bentley) Hoffman, 90, passed away on Tuesday, October 29, 2013, at her daughter’s house in Rotterdam, NY, surrounded by her family. She was the wife of the late Lawrence P. Bentley and then married the late John H. Hoffman.
Born on January 1, 1923, in Potter Hill, NY, Gertrude was the daughter of the late Arthur and Edith (Burgess) North. She graduated from the Walter A. Wood High School in Hoosick Falls, NY, in 1940. Gertrude worked as a sewing machine operator for the Cluett & Peabody Company and the Arrow Shirt Company, both in Troy, NY, until retiring in 1985. She was a former member of the Eagles in Hoosick Falls, the Old Potter Hill Methodist Church and the Senior Citizens in Troy.
She is survived by her daughter, Carol Gaige and husband Galen of Schenectady, NY, and her step-sons, John Allen and Donald Hoffman and wife Susan, both of Stephentown, NY. She is also survived by fifteen grandchildren, many great-grandchildren, one great-great-granddaughter, several nieces and nephews and two brothers-in-law, Robert Bentley of Troy and Robert Foley. Gertrude is pre-deceased by a daughter, Hazel Foley, two sisters, Mabel Worthington and Mildred Pilling, and two brothers, James North Sr. and Arthur North.
Funeral services will be Saturday, November 2, at 1 pm from the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street in Hoosick Falls, NY, 12090. Burial at the Hoosick Rural Cemetery in Hoosick will follow the service. Relatives and friends may call at the funeral home on Saturday from 11 am until the start of the service. Memorial contributions may be made through the funeral home to The Joan Nicole Prince Home or the Community Hospice of Schenectady County.