Another tragic lost to someone close to me. He was a great man who always welcomed any of Jon’s friends in his home and paid me a little extra for helping him with his computer problems. Dr. Hof didn’t have to, but he did because that’s who he was. A good man.
Area physician dies in wreck
Kansas City physician David G. Hof was killed late Sunday when his sport-utility vehicle crashed and burned on a western Kansas highway, the Kansas Highway Patrol said.
Hof, 59, was a Leawood resident and a lung specialist with Medical Plaza Consultants near St. Luke’s Hospital.
Hof was known for his interest in asthma treatment and research. His most recent asthma study was published in the journal Chest.
He was driving home from a trip to Colorado when the crash occurred just before midnight. Highway Patrol troopers were called to a one-car collision. They said Hof was driving east on Interstate 70 about 14 miles west of Colby, Kan., when he fell asleep.
His vehicle veered off the roadway, ran over an embankment and became airborne, then landed on its wheels and caught fire. Hof was pronounced dead at the scene. There were no other occupants in the vehicle.
Hof received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas and graduated from the medical school of the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1973. He was a clinical professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine.
A statement released by Medical Plaza Consultants said Hof “went to extraordinary lengths to take care of his patients’ needs, purchasing medications for those who could not afford them, making house calls, lending money to patients, and even paying for insurance premiums.”
With every loss, there is a new beginning. While searching for the news article, I found this article also.
Johnson County marriages and divorces
Jonathan Martin Hof, 24, Leawood, and Johana Maria Mercado-Tapia, 24, Leawood.
Woah… last night was crazy fun. A group of friends and I went to Hong-ik University to celebrate my 26th birthday. First we hit a popular bar for foreigners with good music to request. “Radiohead - Let Down” (very under-rated song) was my first choice for the night. Everything was good, but we had to move around so we hit up a night club around the corner. I wanted to use “oh-neul-eun nae saeng-il-i-ya” (today is my birthday) line, but I didn’t need to. Damian and I met a group of 3 girls who were with us the whole night. One of them latched Damian, so I had to share myself with the other two. I wasn’t complaining, but I was spent by the end of the night. I felt like a ran a marathon or something. We made it back home at the wee hour of 5:30am. Good times.
