Kitty Hoffman Death | Obituary – A Pioneering scholar, faculty member and dean Kitty Hoffman sadly passed away due to the result of COVID 19,
Katherine “Kitty” Hoffman had a nearly 88-year relationship with Florida State University – first as a student-athlete-scholar at the Florida State College for Women in the mid-1930s, followed by a nearly 40-year career as a chemistry professor, and later as a philanthropist.
She died Saturday at Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare. Hoffman was 105 and would have celebrated her 106th birthday on Aug. 1, said her son, Norris Wheeler Hoffman of Mobile, Alabama.
He confirmed his mother died of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Norris Hoffman said his mother first was hospitalized at TMH on July 4, when testing positive after contracting the disease at Westminster Oaks, where she lived.
She was treated at TMH and then transferred to PruittHealth-Southwood, one of 16 isolation centers around the state that were set up to serve patients in need of long-term care services who have contracted COVID-19
She had to receive two negative tests for COVID-19 before she would be able to return to Westminster Oaks, he said.
“We thought she was going to pull off one of her unbelievable acts, but she had COVID and ran out of steam,” said Hoffman, a retired chemistry professor at the University of South Alabama in Mobile.
Hoffman said his mother began to weaken at PruittHealth-Southwood and was re-admitted to TMH last Thursday.
Hoffman said his mother never forgot the rewards FSU afforded her in life and she was generous in giving back.
“She enjoyed most everything she did there,” he said. “She was a chemistry major at FSCW, but she also had an appreciation for the liberal arts. She definitely maintained her enthusiasm for FSU. She was a grassroots recruiter and always talked up the quality of the institution and how it was growing in stature.
We express our sympathy and deepest condolences to Kitty Hoffman’s family today and in the days, weeks, months, and years that are to come as they cope with her passing. May her soul rest in peace.
Kitty Hoffman was truly a treasure. She loved FSU and dedicated her life to supporting students. As a pioneering scholar, faculty member and dean, she will be remembered for her great intellect, grace and dignity. We will all miss her.https://t.co/iidvlfZJQK
— President John Thrasher (@FSUPresThrasher) July 21, 2020
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