Longtime Little Silver resident, John Robert Choff, of Eatontown,n passed away on Oct. 5 at Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank. He was 80.
Born and raised in Ellwood City, PA, John graduated from Lincoln High School in Ellwood City in 1959 and attended Geneva College in Beaver Falls, PA. John enlisted in the Navy in 1965, serving aboard the USS Bushnell and working at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Bethesda, MD.
John is predeceased by his parents, John B. and Helene Choff.
He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Jenny Bucci Choff; son, Jeffrey Choff; daughter, Jodie Choff O’Connor (Chris); grandchildren, Sydney Choff, Jordan Choff, Paige O’Connor and Quinlan O’Connor; his sister, Barbara Witzigman (Jim), of Sparta, TN; and many nieces and nephews who he loved and adored.
There will be a visitation held on Monday, Oct. 10, from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at the John E. Day Funeral Home, Red Bank. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, Oct. 11, at 11 a.m. at St. Anselm R.C. Church, 1028 Wayside Road, Wayside. Interment will be private.
Memorial donations can be made to the American Cancer Society at www.cancer.org
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