Robert Hunter

Jack and I visited the hospital when Lance was born. A few years later, we usually played cards with Julie and Paul on Friday nights at their house when Lance and Trent were young. I remember both boys peeking around the corner from the hallway in their footie pajamas after they were supposed to be in bed. Lance in particular wanted to understand the card games we played like Hearts and Spades and to participate. I remember him studying the cards intently, clearly trying to grasp the system,...

Dear Lance, I wish I better understood what happened, but I hope you knew that I valued and appreciated you. And so I have to say these words to your family and friends, and hope that they will find comfort and feel fondness, love and pride. As I look through your social media presence, I truly get the sense that you were someone I would have enjoyed spending time with outside of the workplace. But we were separated by time and geography -- Texas to California. I muse that you might have...

You all are on my mind today. I will be thinking of you in your time of loss.

I only knew Lance for a couple of months, and not all that well. We never met face to face. He was a coworker, and I only joined the company three months ago. When I joined his team, Lance made the effort to reach out to me 1:1 and greet me. He was always extremely kind and warm. In every meeting prior to its start when we were both waiting, he was always the first one to greet everyone and be incredibly friendly and welcoming. He really made an impression despite my only knowing him...