{"id":183038,"date":"2026-05-03T20:13:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T20:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/183038\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T20:13:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T20:13:07","slug":"william-hoffman-md-obituary-reading-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/183038\/","title":{"rendered":"William Hoffman, MD Obituary &#8211; Reading, PA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\t\t\tWilliam W. Hoffman, MD \t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n<p>William W. Hoffman, MD, 91, formerly of Whitehall and Macungie, passed away Thursday,<\/p>\n<p>April 30, 2026 at Holy Family Manor, Bethlehem, where he had been residing. He was the<\/p>\n<p>husband of Eileen (Flamm) Hoffman. Born in Reading, Berks County, November 15, 1934, Dr.<\/p>\n<p>Hoffman was the son of the late William A. and Kathryn (Oudinot) Hoffman. He graduated<\/p>\n<p>from Reading Central Catholic High School and St. Joseph\u2019s College, Philadelphia, PA, and<\/p>\n<p>earned his medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine. He served his<\/p>\n<p>internship at Sacred Heart Hospital and maintained his own practice in Whitehall from 1961-<\/p>\n<p>1996. In addition, he was on the active medical staff for Good Shepherd Home, Fellowship<\/p>\n<p>Manor, &amp; the former Allentown State Hospital. Dr. Hoffman was formerly the district medical<\/p>\n<p>administrator at the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation. He retired in 2001 from the Sacred<\/p>\n<p>Heart Healthcare System, Allentown. Post his formal retirement, he practiced part time at<\/p>\n<p>Robert Taxin &amp; Associates with locations in Fogelsville and Lehighton. Dr. Hoffman was a<\/p>\n<p>former member of the Pennsylvania and Lehigh County Medical Societies. He was a member of<\/p>\n<p>St. Thomas More Roman Catholic Church, where he was a member of the Knights of<\/p>\n<p>Columbus, Council 4397, and a member of Bishop Thomas J. Welsh Assembly 931.<\/p>\n<p>Survivors: children, W. Christopher Hoffman, PhD, LTC Matthew W. Hoffman (USA, ret.) and<\/p>\n<p>his wife, Son Ae, Susan L. Hoffman, Andrew D. Hoffman, Esq, Amy Eileen Hoffman.<\/p>\n<p>Service: A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, May 6th, at St.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas More Church, 1040 Flexer Avenue with the Rev. Msgr. Andrew Baker as Celebrant.<\/p>\n<p>Family and friends may pay their respects from 10:00 \u2013 11:00 a.m., Wednesday in the church.<\/p>\n<p>Interment will follow the Mass at Resurrection Cemetery, Allentown.<\/p>\n<p>Contributions: In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Catholic Charities of<\/p>\n<p>the Diocese of Allentown, 402 W. Chew Street, Allentown, PA 18102.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"William W. Hoffman, MD OBITUARY William W. Hoffman, MD, 91, formerly of Whitehall and Macungie, passed away Thursday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-183038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}