On Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, Kenneth Hoffpauir, husband of Marilyn Barbara Hoffpauir and lifelong resident of Lake Charles, Louisiana, passed away surrounded by his family. Ken was born Nov. 19, 1936, to Raymond Jesse Hoffpauir and Odessa Guidry Hoffpauir. He was preceded in death by his sisters Dorothy Leach and Evelyn Carr and his brother Raymond Hoffpauir.

He graduated from LaGrange High School, attended McNeese State University, and entered the Army where he served as a mechanic during the Korean War. Upon his return to Lake Charles, he met Barbara Hackett and married her on Aug. 3, 1968. He fondly called Barbara “my sweetheart,” and for 52 years of marriage introduced himself and his wife as “Ken and Barbie," with a playful chuckle.

Ken and Barbara raised three successful children, participated actively in the First Baptist Church of Lake Charles for over 50 years, and took every opportunity to hold each other’s hand. Ken, blessed with a mechanical mind and skilled hands, worked at PPG in instrumentation until he retired in 1999.

Although Ken struggled with many complex health issues in the last 20 years of his life, he maintained a positive attitude, quick wit, and easy laugh that he was known for; when difficulties arose, he joked about having to apply his “people skills” to nurses and doctors. Ken’s legacy to his children includes his patient determination, steady temperament, and simply fun yet profound love of life.

He leaves behind his wife, Marilyn Barbara Hoffpauir, as well as his children and grandchildren: Julie Ann Hoffpauir of Houston, Texas; Brian Kevin Hoffpauir and Rebekah Allen Hoffpauir of Glenelg, Maryland, and their children Peter and Elisabeth; and Brady Stuart Hoffpauir and Nikki Finch Hoffpauir of Charlotte, North Carolina, and their children Mackenzie and Tucker.

Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, at University Baptist Church. The Rev. John Dammon will officiate. Burial will follow at Highland Memory Garden Cemetery under the direction of Johnson Funeral Home. Visitation will be held in the church building from 1:00 p.m. until the start of the service.

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