{"id":91733,"date":"2019-03-27T14:21:37","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T12:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=91733"},"modified":"2019-03-28T12:00:17","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T10:00:17","slug":"not-sensitive-viewers-help-find-mans-next-kin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2019\/03\/27\/not-sensitive-viewers-help-find-mans-next-kin\/","title":{"rendered":"NOT FOR SENSITIVE VIEWERS: Help find this man’s next of kin"},"content":{"rendered":"

The man identified himself to the Middelburg Provincial Hospital as Mr Lynn Hoffman. He claimed to be 63 and his date of birth was 22\/10\/1955.
\nHe also stated before his passing that he had no family members or home.<\/p>\n

The mortuary is hoping to track down any family members so that Mr Hoffman may have a dignified burial.<\/p>\n

Mr Hoffman passed away yesterday evening in the care of the Middelburg Provincial Hospital, after an illness.<\/p>\n

Anyone who may know him or his family members can contact Mr Aubrey Klee on 072 994 3710 or alternatively 013 249 3719.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Though the photo may seem disturbing to some people,\u00a0www.mobserver.co.za<\/b>\u00a0has chosen to publish it in the hopes of tracing relatives. It is not uncommon for vagrants to be dishonest about their identification, out of fear of being traced. A lack of identification has made it impossible to confirm his identity.<\/p>\n

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Lynn Hoffman.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The sad and lonely passing of an elderly gentleman has left the state mortuary seeking for his relatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":91735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Sjani Campher","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[17247,17245,10010,17244,17243,12898,8543,17242,17249,17248,17246,10333,17241],"class_list":["post-91733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-dignified-burials","tag-help-locate-deceaseds-next-of-kin","tag-local-news","tag-lyn-hofman","tag-lynn-hoffman","tag-middelburg-news","tag-missing-persons","tag-next-of-kin","tag-paupers-burial","tag-paupers-grave","tag-searching-for-relatives","tag-trusted-news","tag-unclaimed-body"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["dignified burials","help locate deceased's next of kin","local news","Lyn Hofman","Lynn Hoffman","middelburg news","missing persons","next of kin","pauper's burial","pauper's grave","searching for relatives","trusted news","unclaimed body"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}