I may have the wrong spelling on Helen's last name. I received an e mail from her niece in El Paso telling me that Helen Hoffman Hadadad has passed away, I believe yesterday. She graduated in 1949 in Jay's class because I went with him to a reunion before Ikey Courtney passed away and they had it up around Ft. Worth. I knew her sister Louise or Mimi Hoffman Rapisand as we had belonged to the same orgainization and met at District meetings throughout the years and became friends. I enjoyed meeting Helen also. She was a very nice person. The Hoffman family and old Bender Dept. store have long been missed from McCmey as well as our other old businesses. Roylene Davis