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Trade Cards - 420 Main St., Buffalo NY ....Madison US President.... Hofeller Bros Clothiers...verso full ad...firm disolved in 1881. He was a leader in the Jewish Community Theodore Hofeller was a well-known businessman and philanthropist born on March 17, 1854 who emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1869. He attended the Buffalo schools and initially entered the clothing business. In 1881 he formed the firm of Theodore Hofeller and Company which went on to become one of the largest waste rubber companies in the world. In 1915, Mr. Hofeller became a principal owner of the Buffalo Susquehanna Railroad. Mr. Hofeller became interested in the Hebrew Men’s Benevolent Society and became its first Secretary and later President. On March 23, 1911, Mr. Hofeller was among a small group of men and women who met at Zion House, located on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo, NY to form what at the time was known as the Federated Jewish Charities of Buffalo and presently known as our very own Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies. In addition to serving as as the President of the Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies, Mr. Hofeller served as President of the Buffalo Jewish Federation. He also was a Trustee of Temple Beth Zion, and a founder of the Willowdale Country Club, a nine-hole golf course later to be known as the Westwood Country Club. In 1881, Theodore married Fanny Levin and to their blessed union two children were born, Ms. Lillian Strauss and Mr. David Eugene Hofeller. After the death of Fanny, Mr. Hofeller married Mrs. Ida Bendheim, mother of Mrs. Eugene Warner, by a previous marriage.

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