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DATE: WEDNESDAY, December 29, 1993                   TAG: 9312290212
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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OBIT HOFER, CHARLES JULIUS

HOFER, Charles Julius, 94, of Salem, died Tuesday, December 28, 1993. Mr. Hofer was born in Vienna, Austria and was a member of the International Geneva Association. He served 33 years as Matre D' of Hotel Roanoke. Mr. Hofer was an avid world history buff and loved to travel. He held a private pilot's license and was one of Roanoke's early aviators. He appreciated the beauties of nature and he loved to cook, paint, play the violin and tend his beloved homestead, Shangri-La, in Salem. He is survived by his wife, Olga, of Salem; a son and daughter-in-law, Charles and Zurna Hofer of Roanoke; a daughter, Marie Hofer of Knoxville, Tenn.; a sister, Maria Vlna of Salem; and two grandchildren, Cheryl and Chris Hofer of Roanoke. Lotz of Salem is handling funeral arrangements. 


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