Stephen Thomas Hoffman
Stephen Thomas Hoffman, 73, of Beaumont, died Saturday, February 17, 2024, at Harbor Hospice, Beaumont. He was born on March 16, 1950, to Pauline and Thomas Hoffman, in Beaumont.
Survivors include his daughter, Judith Hoffman and her husband, Cody Blair and ex-wife, Nancy Hoffman all of Humble; cousins, Charles Hoffman and David Hoffman, both of Austin; lifelong friend, MarJenny Hardy of Beaumont; “adopted” sons, Jason Roberts and his wife, Shea, of Lumberton and Ed Sparks and his wife, Karen, of Vidor; grandchildren, Shelby Sanchez and her husband, Xavier, of San Antonio; Sonny Sparks of Georgia; and Tori Sparks of Fort Worth; and dogs, Murray, Sandy, Edwin, and Edgar.
He is preceded in death by his son, Joseph Hoffman.
Memorial contributions may be made to CASA of Southeast Texas, 2449 Calder Avenue, Beaumont, Texas 77702 or the Humane Society of Southeast Texas, 2050 Spindletop Avenue, Beaumont, Texas 77705.
Mr. Hoffman’s cremation arrangements were handled through Broussard’s Crematorium under the direction of Broussard’s, 1605 North Major Drive, Beaumont.
Such great memories of a trip to Disney World that Steve & MarJenny provided for Jon & myself. Steve was always such a good conversationalist. He was so much fun at parties of our office group. Sending condolences to all his extended family.
I was a neighbor of Steve’s and his parents on Longfellow Drive back in the early to mid 1960’s. Steve was a few years older than I was, but there was a handful of boys in the neighborhood who played football, etc. together. Steve was an only child, and like me, he was raised up strict. His parents were tough on him. He played the trombone (I think) in the school bands both at Austin Junior High and later at Beaumont High School. We moved from that neighborhood in 1965, and I pretty much lost track of Steve after that. I kind of rekindled things a little by becoming friends with him on Facebook. I picked up on the fact that Steve really enjoyed going out to eat , and would often write on Facebook about his latest restaurant expedition. I send my condolences and prayers to all the family.
Anthony, thank you for your kind words. Steve spoke frequently about his days living on Longfellow. He especially loved the fact that there were plenty of children to play with. Our family has laughed at so many of his crazy capers with the Longfellow kids. Thank you, again.
Reading your response kind of jogged my memory with some of the stuff we got in to. One Halloween night after all the trick & treat stuff was pretty much over, several of us got the idea that we would prank the cars coming down the street. Because it was dark, we were able to stay hidden pretty easily. We took a clear plastic bag like you get from a Dry Cleaner and tied a small fishing weight onto the string where the bag was connected. Then, we threw it up and over the power line. We would hold the bag up high with the string, and then when we’d see a car coming we would let the bag down to where it would get right down in front of the windshield. The cars would come to a screeching halt and it would scare the daylights out of the drivers. We were hidden in the shrubs. We did this about 20 times and laughed until we hurt, but then we did it to a police car coming down the street and he did not think it was funny at all. We stayed in the bushes quiet as a mouse…we didn’t even breathe. After a couple of minutes, the cop gave up his search, and we decided that we had had enough fun for that night. If we would have gotten caught, Tommy would have killed Steve, and my dad would have torn me in half.