Obituary of Robert Hoffman

2 Samuel 3:38 (quoting King David) - "Do you not realize that a prince and a great man has fallen in Israel this day?" Bob Hoffman was a prince. An unlikely prince, but truly a prince and a great man. A great and happy man. He worked flying airplanes for TWA. His passion was worship. His mission was displaying God's grace to the men at the Moss Correctional Center. But his life was his family. To the inmates he was a living gospel. To his friends a loving anchor and to his family Bob was everything. He adored his wife, Minette, and would have instantly laid down his life for any of his sons - Jonathan, Joshua or Daniel. He patiently waited for their marriages to deliver the daughters he dreamed about and then treasured, Courtney and Martha. Robert William Hoffman was born September 6, 1943 in South Chicago, the second of three sons. The eldest, Dan, now lives in Mesquite, Nevada and Bruce in Chicago, Illinois. Generous, romantic, mischievous, and fear-free, Bob has deposited a legacy totally focused on life rather than death. That huge smile reflected his optimism and that glint in his eye was often the first hint that you had met a kind yet straightforward character. Bob died on his way home from church, Sunday April 22 doing something his adventurous heart loved - riding his motorcycle. Captain Bob will be honored with a memorial service to celebrate his life and his legacy. The service will be held at 11:00am on Thursday, April 26, 2007 at the Bernsen Center at First Presbyterian Church in Tulsa. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Robert Hoffman Memorial Fund, c/o Oklahoma Central Credit Union, Attn.: Roger Hensley, 5350 S. Peoria Ave., Tulsa, OK 74105. This fund will continue his ministry at the David L. Moss Correctional Facility. Ninde Garden. www.ninde.com