Obit-Hofer

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  Forwarded to web-guy from Robb Hoover and  Errol S. Hoberman
Sent: Thursday, November 8, 2007
Subject: Taps Wes Hofer
From:  Joy Hofer
Aloha My Dear Friends and Family,
                 I want to thank all of you that prayed for us.  For Wes to die without pain and for me for strength.  The prayers have helped. I am sorry to tell you that my husband Major Wesley Richard Hofer, USAF (Ret), died on Monday, November 5th at 8:30 a.m.  Wes had been seriously ill for the past six weeks.  I took him to the hospital on September 20th when he had pneumonia.  We was diagnosed with Small Cell Lung Cancer a few days later and with Bone Marrow Cancer a few days after that.  He had 14 units of blood, many bags of platelets and many, many shots that build white blood cells.  Nothing stayed in his bones, the cancer ate it up as fast as it went in.The entire staff of the hospital was so impressed that Wes was always a gentleman and so very brave.
                Wes's funeral will be held at the Punchbowl National Cemetery of the Pacific on November 15th at 1:00 p.m. He will be buried with full military honors and all of the children will be there.
               In lieu of flowers, we are asking that donations be made to the KONA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION. Please note the money will go for a Memorial for Wes and will go toward enlarging the Emergency Room. Many times, during our hospital stay, we saw people laying in hallways because of the lack of space. Wes, was cared for by this hospital, with the best possible care.  If you need more information about the Memorial, please call me at 808-324-7404.
  
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From: "RobbHoover@aol.com" <RobbHoover@aol.com>
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 10:53:27 AM
Subject: Fwd: Memorial
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F.Y.I.
 IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, A MEMORIAL HAS BEEN SET UP IN WES'S NAME TO BENEFIT
 OUR LITTLE COUNTRY HOSPITAL IN EXPANDING IT'S EMERGENCY ROOM. 
 CHECKS SHOULD BE MADE OUT TO :          THE KONA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
                                                                                       79-1019 HAUKAOILA STREET
                                                                                       KEALAKEKUA, HAWAII  96750.

  WES WILL BE INTERRED WITH FULL MILITARY HONORS. SERVICES ARE TO BE HELD THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH AT THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL CEMETERY OF THE PACIFIC, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "PUNCHBOWL".
 
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND YOUR CARING.
  IT HELP GIVE ME STRENGTH AND WES PEACE.
 LOVE AND ALOHA,  JOY
 		 

Obit from local paper.... forwarded by Max Moore.....
Wesley Richard Hofer, 69, of Kailua-Kona, died Nov. 5 at Kona Community Hospital. Born June 15, 1938, in Bridgewater, S.D., he was a retired reconnaissance and intelligence officer in the U.S. Air Force, a retired scheduling manager for Northrup Grumman Aerospace and a member of the Kona Bridge Club, Military Officers Association of America and the 55th Strat Recon Association.

Posted Monday, November 12, 2007 9:22 AM HST