Henry William "Bud" Hoffer III

Thank you for sharing the wonderful posting about Bud´s life. Bud and I were fellow Navy officers at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center in 1965 . Bud taught chemistry and I taught physics. He was very highly respected by all instructors. And, Bud enjoyed good stories and laughter!

It was an honor to serve with Bud in the Navy 1964 -65.

Our little class of 27 graduated from Kerens High School back in 1958. Bud was a member of that class and my classmate for all twelve years. More than half of our class was together for all twelve years, and almost all of us for most of those years. We became as family, as brothers and sisters. Bud was one of us. Bud was then exactly as he is described by all those who knew him as an adult, as a professional sales person, a churchman, husband, and father. He was a person of moderate...

Bud is one of the angels in my life. He was a mentor in my first pharmaceutical job, at MJN. He was a wonderful teacher, patient, calm, funny as all get out and humbly brilliant. He treasured his family and talked about them every time we were together, so much so that I recall their names 35 years later when I can't recall some of my own family's names! Peace, comfort and strength to Linda, Ty and Allison, and all that loved Bud. (I was humbled to see Bud's Full Military burial this...

Bud´s aunt was married to my uncle, so their children were both of our first cousins! We figured this out one Sunday while ushering at UCC. From then on we called each other cousin even though we really weren´t. I was a sales guy too, so he was always interested in how things were going "on the road". Condolences to his Linda and family in this big loss. Rest in peace cousin.

I will always miss Bud coming to visit us in our office. He was always a great source of a smile and a laugh. May his memory be a blessing.

Bud lived down the hall from me in the BOQ at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center north of Chicago, Illinois. There are many treasured memories of those days. But our connections didn´t end when we left Great Lakes. He was a friend beyond compare. Bud never missed an occasion to call. He sometimes called just to see how we were doing. My wife Judy and I along with a few other Navy friends were guests of Linda and Bud at the beloved farm in Kerns a few years ago. It was another...

I met Bud in 1996 at JPS Pediatric Clinic where I was a Pediatrician. I will never forget him. He was always kind, with a warm smile and a handshake whenever he called on us. My father was in sales for 40 years, and Bud reminded me of my Dad. Rest in peach, My Friend

It was always fun to have our Theta reunions at the Hoffer house. Because we were middle aged at the point we didn´t get into trouble but we were noisy. Bud was always there and was interested in our stories.