A Final Letter From Bob Hohmann

I am writing this to be distributed to my friends and loved ones to mark my passing from this life.  They know who they are so I am not going to list them in this text.  I have enjoyed my life and have enjoyed the people I have met during it. I ask that no one grieve for me for more than a few moments but I do not want to be forgotten.

I am sure that it will be the diseases that kill me, and not some chance accident.  If I slip into any medical situation that appears hopeless I have a living will specifically requesting that I not be kept alive by machine.  I am ready to enter the last stage of life and that is death, without fear or regrets for I have already made peace with the people and events that have troubled me in this life so I am ready to be free.

To the girls I have loved and that list is short, remember me as you will but know that I truly loved each of you.

To my friends, I thank you for being my friends though out the years, with understanding and warmth that I tried to reciprocate.  Remember the fun we had, I believe I had more fun than any three men should and have a fondness, no a love for each of you.  I know I was an independent free spirit with a streak of stubbornness a mile long but I was always ready to help when someone need it.

To my family, I can only say how lucky I was to be born in and then marry into such a wonderful group of people.  You forgave me when I was wrong and offered encouragement when I needed it.  There could be no better showing of love than that.

I've tried to keep this short and succinct as possible for I generally get carried away when I start writing, I just can't help my self. With love to all I am truly out of here.  Good bye, see you on the other side.

  Robert Carl Hohmann • November 8th, 1949 ---  March 29th, 2004