<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <font face="Comic Sans MS">Scott and all,<br> <br> Bob Hoffman passed away January 2, 2004.<br> <br> I sent the GOSA Directors and Sput Editors a message regarding that on Feb 22, 2004.  I did a quick check of the April and June issues and didn't find any mention.  How sad that this was missed.<br> <br> Happy Holidays,<br> Udo<br> <br> <blockquote type="cite"> <div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-western"> <font face="Comic Sans MS">Yesterday we received a letter from an attorney which announced the death of Harold Robert Hoffman, better known to us as Bob Hoffman, on </font><font face="Comic Sans MS">January 2, 2004.  The letter further stated that GOSA was a contingent residual beneficiary of his trust.  Should the successor trustee, Pui Yum Chin, die within ninety days after Bob, which is unlikely, GOSA would receive a distribution.  Although we're deeply saddened at his passing, it is nice to know Bob thought about GOSA in his will.<br> Many of us long-time gazers will most likely remember Bob's passion for Great Fountain and other Lower Basin geysers.  In the summers prior to 1989, he could be counted on, along with his cream colored Volvo wagon parked in the Great Fountain parking lot, to be waiting for first overflow.  Bob told me many years ago that the smoke from the fires of 1988 caused his emphysema.  Under physician's orders he could not return to high altitudes such as Yellowstone without great personal risk.  He usually sent his subscription payment in early February with a note announcing </font><font face="Comic Sans MS">Happy New Year -- Chinese New Year that is!</font><font face="Comic Sans MS">  I sensed something was wrong when this time frame passed without it.  The attorney's letter confirmed my fears.<br> We've missed his presence in the Park for many years.  </font><font face="Comic Sans MS">Janet and I are deeply saddened by his passing.<br> I propose that GOSA hold gatherings at Great Fountain this summer in his honor.  We could enjoy sharing a few Bob Hoffman stories there, perhaps over a glass of wine.  I think Bob would have liked that.<br> Udo Freund</font> </div> </blockquote> <br> </font><br> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:TSBryan@aol.com">TSBryan@aol.com</a> wrote:<br> <blockquote type="cite" cite="midfc.929f7d5.2efc8e73@aol.com"> <meta charset="US-ASCII" http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name="GENERATOR"> <div>Just to wish the happiest of seasons to everybody .. and to ask if anybody has a current address for Bob Hoffman (a name perhaps, and unfortunately, unknown to many modern gazers). I've sent a card to him every Christmas (to his 2608 Sacramento Street address in San Francisco), but this year it came back as "forewarding order expired."</div> <div> </div> <div>Again... enjoy the Season.</div> <div> </div> <div>Scott Bryan</div> <pre wrap=""> <hr width="90%" size="4"> _______________________________________________ Geysers mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Geysers@wwc.edu">Geysers@wwc.edu</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://mailman.wwc.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers">https://mailman.wwc.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers</a> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>