Gary Ross Hoffman was born on March 13th, 1947 in Savannah Georgia. After graduation from High School he attended Georgia Tech University in Atlanta Georgia. He met the love of his life, Nancy J Holtman, at a Halloween party. Nancy was a student at Agnes Scott College in Decatur Georgia. After a year at Georgia Tech, Gary realized that Engineering was not for him and enlisted in the US Airforce. He served four years in the Airforce as a computer programmer. He moved to St. Louis and married Nancy in 1970. Gary went on to graduate from UMSL with a degree in computer science. He spent most of his career as a computer programmer for Washington University Medical School. Gary was a talented cartoonist as well as an amateur radio operator. He was very active with the amateur radio emergency management in the St. Louis area. He was preceded in death by his wife Nancy in 2018 after 48 years of marriage. Gary will be missed by family and friends.