William "Ho" Hofacker
July 31, 1946 ~ October 21, 2025
Born in: San Francisco, California
Resided in: Dunnellon, Florida
Resided in: Dunnellon, Florida
Hofacker, William “Ho” Passed at age 79 due to natural causes.
Bill moved from Kentucky to Florida in 1970 and was employed as a Cableman for GTE/Verizon from 1971-2002 in Pinellas and Pasco County. He enjoyed his work and the lifelong friends he made.
After retiring he moved from Pasco County to Citrus County and volunteered with USFWS at the Manatee Refuge-Three Sisters Springs. A lover of Family, Florida, nature, travel, and Booch.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years Sandy, son Jeff, son Matt, brother Tony, niece Jeannie and nephew Billy. Loved by his many friends.
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Rivalry! Being devastated is an understatement.
Billie will truly be missed! Big hugs and kisses filled with love sent your way🤗😘. Tom & MJ
I am so sorry to hear of Bill’s passing. You are both in my thoughts and prayers.
Love
Beth
Dear Sandy, I am so sorry to hear this news about Bill. You two were the backbone of the volunteers. His support of the manatees will be missed.by all. You two have been an inspiration to me and I valued his and your support at the refuge. Know that you are in my thoughts and prayers. May your tears of sorrow never wash away the memories in your heart.❤️
We are very sorry to hear of your loss. While we only knew him for a short time, we enjoyed the friendship with you both. I’m so glad we got to cruise with you.
Sandy, I’m so sorry for your loss. He will be missed. Take care.
So glad you two got to spend time doing what you loved together and have those memories.
Love, Jan and Roger Cannady
have and always will remain in my thoughts for being my boys angel that horrible day so many years ago, you have your 😇 watching over you. Prayers for you and your family. 🙏
In Hudson, Florida I worked with Bill’s wife Sandy. Also, there is a little park that has a paved, one mile, walking trail with stations for pull ups, sit ups.., that kind of stuff. Nobody that I knew ever used those stations – twice, we were all there for the one mile walking/running trail. To fight the inevitable boredom of walking the same route, I would alternate which direction I would walk. Some days clockwise, some days counter clockwise. Wwelll…, there was this guy I’d see once in awhile running, walking, generally just gutting out his exercise in the unbearable Florida afternoon sun. One day I was walking counter clockwise and he stopped his running to tell me that there was a special lady on premises that day. She yells and makes a huge scene at anyone who goes around the trail, ‘backwards’. He said it’s not worth dealing with her because walking against the flow I’ll see her twice on every loop and it’ll just get worse. I turned around and walked clockwise, thanked him and thought that he was a really nice guy. Most folks, including me, would’ve let it happen just so we could watch the show. Soon after that I was formally introduced to Bill when I went to Sandy’s house. My initial impression from that day of walking, that he’s not a jerk, and is probably a really nice guy, was reinforced everytime I heard any story about him. When a guy came to put my telephone line in my house he got a BIG smile when I told him I knew Ho. At the manatee center they laughed when I mentioned his name. He was a great guy, the world is just that much worse off for his passing.