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Obituary: CROWLEY - William (Bill) LeRoy Hoffpauer, 76, passed away Monday, November 10, 2008, after a long illness following heart surgery. He was born May 24, 1932 in Crowley, Louisiana to Sterling Clark and Dorothy Milliken Hoffpauer. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, November 12, 2008, at the First United Methodist Church in Crowley, with the Reverend Charles Floyd officiating. The family requests visiting hours Tuesday from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. and Wednesday from 9 a.m. until the time of services. Burial will be in the Old Crowley Cemetery. Bill was a graduate of Crowley High School and earned a bachelors degree in Chemistry from ULL (formerly SLI). He served his country as a captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was a former member of the Crowley Town Club, past President of the Retarded Children's Association, and participated in the founding of Southwest State School in Iota. He was a past President of the United Braford Breeders Association, and past member of the Louisiana Cattleman's Association, the Louisiana Paint Horse Association, the Quarter Horse Association, Lyons Club, Rice Belt Board of Realtors, Crowley Chamber of Commerce and a present member of the First United Methodist Church and the Methodist Men's Club. He was a vice president at First National Bank and Louisiana Bank in Crowley. He was the owner/operator of Landry-Hoffpauer Insurance and Real Estate Company and a real estate broker and owner/operator of Bill Hoffpauer Realty. He was an active land developer in Acadia Parish and restorer of historic homes, winning three awards for renovations in Natchez, Miss. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Katherine DuBus Hoffpauer, of Crowley; two daughters, Katherine Hoffpauer Fruge'and her husband, Philip, of Crowley, Diana Hoffpauer Heinen, of Crowley; two sons Monte William Hoffpauer, of Eunice and Kevin Craig Hoffpauer and his wife, Sandra, of Crowley; ten grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; his brothers, Jack Clark Hoffpauer and Clark Milliken Hoffpauer; and one grandchild, Neil Alexander Fruge'. Pallbearers will be Philip Fruge', David Hoffpauer, Dusty Hoffpauer, Andy Rider, Robert Lowry, Kane Fontenot. The family requests memorial contributions to the First United Methodist Church, and the Retarded Children's Association. Words of comfort may be sent to the family at www.geesey-ferguson.com. Arrangements have been entrusted to Geesey-Ferguson Funeral Home, 301 N. Ave. F, Crowley, 337-783-3313. (Published on November 11, 2008 in the Lafayette Advertiser)