Robert Clyde Hoff

Robert Clyde Hoff, 87, of Cary NC, beloved husband of Jo Ann Gray Hoff passed away on Wednesday, August 16, 2017. Robert (Bob) was born in Hartford CT to the late Clyde Hoff and Barbara Podrebartz Hoff on May 31, 1930. He spent most of his life in Connecticut, graduating from Wethersfield H.S. where he was on the soccer team and an avid golfer, caddying at the local golf course. Bob served our country as a Staff Sergeant in the Air Force during the Korean War as an ECM electronic countermeasures specialist on the B-36 aircraft. After his service, Bob was a production printer at newspapers in Hartford Connecticut and Duluth Minnesota. He retired from The Hartford Insurance Company in 1992 as a graphics production manager. He and Jo Ann moved to Pinehurst, NC in 2000 then moved to Cary in 2013. Bob enjoyed being with family and friends, loved music and dancing, and had a great sense of humor. He enjoyed fishing and camping, and spending summers at their cabin in New Hampshire. His favorite hobby was carpentry, building everything from furniture to their cabin. Bob was a member of Christ the King Lutheran Church. Bob loved to tell people that “you can never have too much fun or too much money” and that everything was always “Jim-Dandy-Peachy-Keen!” Bob will be greatly missed by all who knew him.

Bob is survived by his wife of 61 years, Jo Ann Gray Hoff, son Leland Hoff and wife Diane of Cary; Daughter Jolyne Lea, and husband Jon of La Center WA; grandchildren Nikki Hoff of Royal Oak Michigan; Kim Hoff and Mike Hoff of Cary; and Rowyn Lea of Seattle, WA; 3 nephews and a niece, as well as numerous cousins. He was predeceased by his parents and brother-in-law Cortland Gray and wife Nannette.

A celebration of life gathering will be held at SearStone Retirement Community on Saturday, August 26, 2017 at 2:30 PM. Arrangements for the Hoff family are under the care of Brown-Wynne of Cary. Memorials may be made to the charity of your choice. Online condolences can be made at www.brownwynnecary.com.