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Kenneth John Hoffman was born on 27 July 1916 in Pennsylvania.^1,2 He died in November 1984, at age 68, in Warminster, Bucks, Pennsylvania.^3,2

Kenneth John Hoffman was an Apprentice Plasterer.⁴

Dorothy Stephens was born about 1919 in Pennsylvania.¹ She died about 1982 in Warminster, Bucks, Pennsylvania.¹

Otto Milton Meas was born on 20 January 1890 in Quakertown, Bucks, Pennsylvania.^1,2,3 He and Rosa Alice Weiss were married about 1910.¹ He died on 7 June 1958, at age 68, in West Rockhill, Bucks, Pennsylvania.³ He was buried in Union Cemetery (Section G, Row 13), Quakertown, Bucks, Pennsylvania.³

Otto Milton Meas was a Grocery Store Manager.¹

Paul Henry Meas was born on 16 February 1914 in Quakertown, Bucks, Pennsylvania.^1,2,3 He and Dorothy E. Benner were married on 10 July 1937.³ He died on 8 July 2006, at age 92, in Sellersville, Bucks, Pennsylvania.²

Paul Henry Meas was a Newspaper Publisher- Quakertown News Bee/Owner- Benners Market.⁴ Paul H. Meas
July 11, 2006|The Morning Call

Paul H. Meas of the Rockhill Mennonite Community, West Rockhill Township and formerly of Perkasie, Pa., died Saturday, July 8, 2006 in his home. He was 92. He was the husband of Dorothy E. (Benner) Meas. The couple would have celebrated their 69th wedding anniversary on July 10. Born in Quakertown, Pa., he was the son of the late Otto and Rose (Weiss) Meas. Mr. Meas had been a drummer and singer with the Percy Wagner and Mickey Meyers Orchestra in the 1930s, as well as the Allentown and George Doddy Orchestra of Bethlehem and the Fred Wrigley Orchestra. He and his wife co-owned, published and distributed the Quakertown News Bee and later were proprietors of the former Benners Market, Perkasie, from 1955 until retiring in 1976. He and his wife also enjoyed singing together with the Off Beats from Perkasie. He loved woodworking and making things with his creative mind, including his pride-and-joy model train display and miniature amusement park that many visitors enjoyed seeing in their home. Mr. Meas was a member of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Perkasie.

Survivors: With his wife are two daughters, Faye E. Badman and her husband, Richard, of Perkasie and Paula A. Kelly and her husband, Robert, of Bethany Beach, Del.; four grandsons, Gerry Mason of New Hope, Pa., Timothy Mason and his wife, Caroline Mattson, of Mount Pleasant, S.C. Ethan Badman and his wife, Lonna Murphy, of Verona, N.J. and Erik Badman and his wife, Lianne Hartman, of Ambler, Pa.; two great-grandchildren, Dermot Badman and Bryanna Mason.

Services: memorial, will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 12, 2006 in the Rockhill Mennonite Community Chapel, 3250 State Road, Sellersville, Pa., where friends may call from 12:30 p.m. until time of service.

Interment will be held at the convenience of the family. Arrangements are by the Bernard Suess Funeral Home, 606 Arch Street, Perkasie.

Contributions: In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Grand View Hospice, 700 Lawn Avenue, Sellersville, PA 18960.

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Dorothy E. Benner was born on 24 February 1915 in Pennsylvania.^1,3 She and Paul Henry Meas were married on 10 July 1937.² She died on 30 November 2006, at age 91, in Sellersville, Bucks, Pennsylvania.³

Jerry D. Weldin was born on 21 February 1950.¹ He died on 1 May 2003, at age 53, in Coffeyville, Montgomery, Kansas.¹