Sharon Hoffman

Sharon Marie Hoffman (nee Gloor), age 58, of Totowa passed away peacefully after a courageous battle with cancer on Monday May 6, 2019 while receiving the loving care of her family.

Sharon was born in Paterson and was the first of two children to Frank and Bernice Gloor.  She was raised in Totowa and graduated from Pope Paul VI High School in Clifton with the class of 1978.  During her time at Pope Paul VI she excelled in math and was a member of the school choir.  Following her high school graduation, Sharon attended Seton Hall University in South Orange where she earned her Bachelor of Education with the class of 1982.  Sharon then found employment at St Philip’s RC School in Clifton where she taught third grade.  She worked for St Philip’s for one year.

Sharon was a member of a Catholic Young Adult Group named Berakah located in Fair Lawn, NJ where she was also a member of their music group.  The group would gather weekly for Wednesday Evening Liturgy and host dances, retreats, trips, and various other social events. It was in this group where Sharon met a handsome young man named Anthony Hoffman.  Sharon and Anthony’s first date was a double date with two friends, one of whom would be the best man at their wedding.  Sharon and Tony hit it off great and they were together for about two years before getting married on November 3, 1984 at the Seton Hall University Chapel.

The couple settled in Little Falls where they welcomed all three of their children.  Shortly after the birth of their last child, they moved to Totowa in 1996 where Sharon had grown up, and they resided there until her passing.  When Sharon became a mother, she made the decision to become a full-time homemaker.  She devoted her life to her family and homeschooled all of her children.  In 2012, after their children had graduated high school, Sharon decided that she would return to the workplace.  She found work quickly and was offered a position as a teacher at the Essex Regional Educational Services Commission.  Sharon worked for them from 2012 through 2018, when her illness forced her to stop.  During 2015 and 2016 Sharon also held a fifth grade teacher’s position at the Academy of St Francis in Totowa.

Sharon was a parishioner of Our Lady of the Valley RC Church in Wayne for several years and was also a member of the church choir there.  She was a Girl Scout Leader for fourteen years.  She and her family enjoyed traveling to various destinations, mostly via cruise ships.  One of Sharon’s favorite places to visit was Disney World.  Sharon enjoyed word and jigsaw puzzles, reading Christian fiction, and collecting snow globes.  Sharon was devoted to her Catholic faith and to the New York Mets.  She was known for her sense of humor, often commenting humorously and rhetorically in puns, which her family remembers her inheriting from her father. She took great pride in her ability to find a bargain. Nothing meant more to Sharon than providing for and spending time with her husband and children.  She and Anthony cherished thirty-four years of a loving and loyal marriage.  Sharon touched the lives of many people and will be sincerely missed by everyone that knew her.  

Sharon is survived by her husband, Anthony Hoffman of Totowa; two daughters: Lisa Hoffman of Bloomfield and Jessica Hoffman of Lincoln Park; one son, Michael Hoffman of East Hanover; one brother, Frank A. Gloor of Totowa, and her mother, Bernice Gloor of Totowa; three nieces: Erin, Elizabeth, and Daniela; one nephew Frank, and several loving cousins. She was predeceased by her father, Frank E. Gloor.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Sharon’s name may be made to Atlantic HealthCare, Foundation for Morristown Medical Center, 475 South St, Morristown, NJ 07960.