John
John Huffman Sr
d. August 8, 2007
JOHN ALLEN HUFFMAN, SR. 79, DEVOTED SPOUSE OF MARGARET M. HUFFMAN (SWEENEY) DIED ON AUGUST 8TH, 2007 AT DOCTOR'S HOSPITAL IN LANHAM, MARYLAND OF HEART FAILURE.
BORN IN CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, MR. HUFFMAN CAME TO MARYLAND WITH HIS OLDER BROTHER AT THE AGE OF 14. HE MET HIS FUTURE WIFE AT 18, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN MARRIED SIXTY-ONE YEARS THIS AUGUST 14.2007. THEY HAD 6 CHILDREN; JOHN JR., PEGGY(Tony), DAVID (DECEASED)(Corinne), KEVIN(Val), KEITH(Bonnie) AND ANNAMARIE.
MR. HUFFMAN WORKED HIS WAY UP IN WALSH & KOEHLER GLASS COMPANY, LOCATED IN MT RAINIER AND THEN BELTSVILLE TO THE POSITION OF VICE PRESIDENT WHERE HE RETIRED IN 1992.
HE THEN PURSUED HIS OWN BUSINESS, HUFFMAN GLASS COMPANY WHERE HE WAS FORCED TO RETIRE DUE TO HEALTH ISSUES. HE SUCESSFULLY FOUGHT AND WON HIS LUNG CANCER BATTLE IN 1993. SINCE THAT POINT ON HE KEPT BUSY ENJOYING LIFE WITH HIS CHILDREN AND HIS NINE GRANDCHILDREN, JIMMY, JODI, SHANE, STEPHEN, JAMIE, DANIELLE, JASON, JUSTIN AND JONATHAN (WHO WAS NAMED AFTER HIM). HE ALSO HAD TWO GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, KAYLA AND KYLIE. HE WAS THE LAST SIBLING IN THE HUFFMAN FAMILY, PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS TWO BROTHERS, JAKE AND JIM, AND HIS FOUR SISTERS, GRACE, GLADYS, MARY AND CLARE. TWO OTHER SISTERS DIED IN INFANCY. HE HAS KEPT CLOSE WITH HIS NEPHEWS AND NEICES IN CHARLESTON.
MR. HUFFMAN HAS LIVED IN LANDOVER HILLS FOR THE LAST 56 YEARS, WHERE HE WAS A MEMBER OF SAINT MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, AND SERVED AS AN USCHER ON SATURDAY MASS.
THERE WILL BE A MEMORIAL FOR HIM AT GASCH'S FUNERAL HOME,4739 BALTIMORE AVENUE, HYATTSVILLE, MD. ON AUGUST 15TH, 2007 AT 7 PM.
BORN IN CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, MR. HUFFMAN CAME TO MARYLAND WITH HIS OLDER BROTHER AT THE AGE OF 14. HE MET HIS FUTURE WIFE AT 18, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN MARRIED SIXTY-ONE YEARS THIS AUGUST 14.2007. THEY HAD 6 CHILDREN; JOHN JR., PEGGY(Tony), DAVID (DECEASED)(Corinne), KEVIN(Val), KEITH(Bonnie) AND ANNAMARIE.
MR. HUFFMAN WORKED HIS WAY UP IN WALSH & KOEHLER GLASS COMPANY, LOCATED IN MT RAINIER AND THEN BELTSVILLE TO THE POSITION OF VICE PRESIDENT WHERE HE RETIRED IN 1992.
HE THEN PURSUED HIS OWN BUSINESS, HUFFMAN GLASS COMPANY WHERE HE WAS FORCED TO RETIRE DUE TO HEALTH ISSUES. HE SUCESSFULLY FOUGHT AND WON HIS LUNG CANCER BATTLE IN 1993. SINCE THAT POINT ON HE KEPT BUSY ENJOYING LIFE WITH HIS CHILDREN AND HIS NINE GRANDCHILDREN, JIMMY, JODI, SHANE, STEPHEN, JAMIE, DANIELLE, JASON, JUSTIN AND JONATHAN (WHO WAS NAMED AFTER HIM). HE ALSO HAD TWO GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, KAYLA AND KYLIE. HE WAS THE LAST SIBLING IN THE HUFFMAN FAMILY, PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS TWO BROTHERS, JAKE AND JIM, AND HIS FOUR SISTERS, GRACE, GLADYS, MARY AND CLARE. TWO OTHER SISTERS DIED IN INFANCY. HE HAS KEPT CLOSE WITH HIS NEPHEWS AND NEICES IN CHARLESTON.
MR. HUFFMAN HAS LIVED IN LANDOVER HILLS FOR THE LAST 56 YEARS, WHERE HE WAS A MEMBER OF SAINT MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, AND SERVED AS AN USCHER ON SATURDAY MASS.
THERE WILL BE A MEMORIAL FOR HIM AT GASCH'S FUNERAL HOME,4739 BALTIMORE AVENUE, HYATTSVILLE, MD. ON AUGUST 15TH, 2007 AT 7 PM.
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