Virginia Beach—Melissa Hoffman Schoen, formerly of Virginia Beach, Va., died December 19, 2014, in her home in Simi Valley, Calif.
A native of Norfolk, Missy was the daughter of the late Alan Lewis and Renee Beverly Ornoff Hoffman.
She is survived by her husband, Jay Schoen, of Calif., her daughter, Brittany Bell, of Calif., and her sister Allison H. Wilcox and her husband Jason, of Atlanta, Ga.; nieces and nephews, Josh Ahlzadeh, Aaron Ahlzadeh, Alexis Ahlzadeh and Jordan Wilcox.
A memorial service celebrating Missy’s life was held at Temple Israel in Norfolk, with Rabbi Michael Panitz officiating. Memorial donations to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation or Alzheimer’s Disease Research.