HOFFMAN, ELIZABETH “BETTY”

Hoffman Elizabeth,, “Betty,” 105, of Ventnor died peacefully at her home surrounded by her family on Monday, Nov.16. Betty was born to Frank and Frederika Lichty in Lancaster, Pa., in 1904, and later taught dance with Adele Astaire. She moved to Atlantic City shortly before the crash of 1929 to work at Bell Telephone Company as a switchboard operator. When rotary phones came into use, she was promoted to supervisor.

In 1938 she met and married Benjamin Hoffman and in 1945 they opened the TK9 nightclub on Tennessee and Arctic Avenues, Atlantic City, where she was wardrobe mistress. After the club closed in 1948, the couple opened Ben’s Liquor on Monmouth and Sacramento Avenues, Ventnor, where they worked side-byside. Betty and Ben sold the store in the 1960s and while Ben worked in the Atlantic County Clerk’s office, Betty devoted the rest of her life to charity work. She was president of the Elks Ladies Auxiliary and active in Temple Emeth Shalom’s sisterhood, Betty Bacharach, Children’s Seashore Home, RNS, Gilda’s Club and in 2006 was honored for her years of service volunteering in the gift shop at Shore Memorial Hospital.

Predeceased by her husband, Ben, she leaves behind sisters-in-law Terri Hoffman, Voorhees and Kay Hoffman, Louisville, Colo.; Godchildren Steven Twain, Burtonsville, Md; Sandra Batten, Irmo, S.C. and Susan Schwartz, Potomac, Md., children of Rita and the late Gary Twain, Rockville, Md.; nieces and nephews, Harriet Twain, New Haven, Conn.; Joel Hoffman, Las Vegas, Nev.; Penny (Allan) Bilofsky, Cherry Hill; Bruce (Andrea) Hoffman, Cherry Hill; Bunny (Arnold), Katz, Bryn Mawr, Pa.; Wynn (Douglas) Waggoner, Boulder, Colo.; Sherry Hoffman, Margate; Judy (Michael) Hoffman, Har-Even, Jerusalem, Israel, many other great and great-great nieces, nephews, her companion Rosemary Fowler and many close friends.

Graveside services were held Nov. 20, at Emeth Shalom Cemetery, in Egg Harbor Township. Donations may be made in Betty’s memory to the charity of one’s choice. Arrangements were by ROTH-GOLDSTEINS’ MEMORIAL CHAPEL, Atlantic City.

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