Bob Hoff

Bob Hoff, 96, passed peacefully in his sleep the morning of Jan. 22, 2026. He was the second child born to William Elmer Hoff and Auda Marie (Prock) Hoff in Loring, an extinct town in Wright County.
He briefly attended San Bernardino High School in California. Although, after the family relocated again, he graduated from Imperial Valley Union High School in Imperial, Calif. in 1947.  Later that same year, he was attending a football game, where he met (Carlynn) June Grider. The following year he and June were married on Sept 4, 1948 in Yuma, Ariz.
He served in the California National Guard from 1948 to 1951. After leaving the National Guard, he began his career as an engineer, drafting highway drainage plans for the California State Division of Highways in San Bernardino, Calif. Having been raised in The Church of Christ, he and June also raised their family in the Church of Christ where he eventually became the song leader at every church we attended.
In 1992, he retired after a 40-year career with the California Division of Highways. After living in Clear Lake, Calif. for several years, they decided in 2001 to relocate to Southwest Missouri.
He was preceded in death by his mother Auda Hoff, his father W. Elmer Hoff, his stepmother, Dona Harrison Hoff, his sister Janeace, his brother Bill, his oldest daughter Karen, his oldest son Dennis and most recently June, his wife of nearly 72 years passed away in August of 2020. 
Bob is survived by four of his children, Kimball, Rhonda, Shelly and Andrea. His eight grandchildren, as well as 6 great grandchildren.
Arrangements are under Meadors Funeral Home.