HomeMy Public PortalAboutHoff FamilyTheodore and Hannah Hoff
Theodore and his father, Hans Hoff, came from Minnesota to McCall to lumber in 1907.
Theo was one of thirteen children in the Hoff family. From a Norwegian Lutheran
family, Hans Hoff had lumbered in Minnesota. Other children followed them west.
Hannah Hoff, Theo's wife followed with two children in 1910.
Hans and Theo bought the McCall flour and lumber mills that sat side by side where the
McCall 2nd addition was later developed. They operated the mills for two years (1910-
1912) and then both burnt. Theo bought land for a new mill site from Tom McCall in
1910. The Theo Hoffs did not have their house built in 1912 when the mill burned and
lost many personal possessions stored at the mills. Hans was too depressed to stay, and
left the area.
Theo began again in 1913 with mill equipment brought from other mills. Ben McCall
worked for him as a sawyer and a mechanic and helped rebuild on the new site where
Legacy Park now stands. They began rebuilding the mill in June and were able to begin
production in August. With ice in the log pond, they could mill only eight months of the
year. Their payroll was the only large one in McCall other than the Forest Service.
The partnership of Theo Hoff and Carl Brown began in the fall of 1914: Hoff continued
to run the mill and Carl Brown took on the business of logging.
Theo contracted to provide the timber for the proposed Payette Lakes Inn. Financial
problems caused the owners to pay only half the agreed price for the delivered lumber.
In 1914, Hoff and Brown had secured a Union Pacific contract for railroad ties. These
became a mainstay for their business. The payroll increased, more homes were built for
those who lived year-round as well as summer homes for visitors on the lake.
In 1918, the fourth of Theo Hoff's four brothers, Martin, came to work in McCall. He
lived with Brownie (Melvin), or Peter or Henry (Hank) the other brothers. Brownie
finished college and with summers of experience became head sawyer.
Joe Kasper came when the mill was still Hoff and Brown's.
With no Lutheran Church in the area, the Hoff family became part of the Congregational
Church with Ida Brown. Both Theo and Hannah, who had taught before their marriage,
served on the school board. He would not allow dancing by his children, and the other
high school kids thought he might expel them from school if he caught them dancing.
Harvey and Irwin Hoff had to go out to board in Boise for their senior year in High
School. They then went on to St. Olaf s College in Minnesota.
In 1929, Theo Hoff and Carl Brown ended their partnership after 15 years. The Hoffs
moved to Horseshoe Bend to own and manage the planer that had been owned by the
Theodore and Hannah Hoff House
Hans Thor Hoff and his son, Theodore, bought the flour and lumber mill in McCall from
the Payette Lakes Milling and Manufacturing Co. (Tom McCall, Clem Blackwell and
Newt Williams) in 1910. The father and son had been operating the mills for two years
when they burned. The loss was especially dispiriting for the family as many of their
family possessions were stored in a small building near the mills while they lived in
rented houses. Hans withdrew from the partnership, but Theodore was determined to
rebuild. By 1913, he had rebuilt his lumber mill, which had the largest payroll in McCall,
and had built his own small house from lumber milled from his own lumber.
This house, on the corner of Roosevelt Street and Railroad Street, was built as a two
bedroom house in 1913. It was originally a golden yellow with white trim, a favorite
color combination of Norwegian houses in this immigrant family's native country.
Theodore designed and helped to build the house and the barn that housed the great
Percheron horses that were used to bring logs from the forest to the lake where they were
then floated to the mill. The land between their house and the mill, sloping down towards
the lake, was pasture for these horses.
As Theodore and Hannah's family grew to six children, additions of new rooms
downstairs and bedrooms upstairs were made. Hannah was Idaho's Mother of the Year
in 1956. Theodore served as Chairman of the Village Board, the School Board, and
planned and developed McCall's first water system.
Marlene Bailey, 2014
Star News, Kings Pines
Interview with Irvin Hoff, Theo and Hanna's son
In 1910,
fire destroyed the flour and sawmill.
The McCall sawmill and flour mill,1900.
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.THE IDAHO STATESMAN, Boise, Tuesday, November 30, 1971
v eteran Lunitterman
Dies in Emmett at 90
Founder of the Hoff Lumber
Co. in Horseshoe Bend, Theo-
dore Hoff Sr., 90, of Horse-
shoe Bend, died at an Em-
mett Hospital Saturday night.
Funeral services have been
scheduled at 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday at the Immanuel
Lutheran Church in Boise.
Pastor Karl Ladwig and the
Rev. Marvin Greene will offi-
ciate. Private family com-
mittal services will be con-
ducted at Cloverdale Ceme-
tery.
Mr. Hoff was born near
Fairbault, Minn., Oct. 29,
1880, son of Hans Thor and
Anna Durdail Hoff. He was
the eldest of 13 children and
w a s educated in public
schools at Crookston, Minn.,
later graduating from Crooks-
ton Business College.
He owned and operated a
sawmill in Bagley, Minn.,
from 1902 until 1905. He mar-
ried Hannah Ingemine Hage-
bak, July 26, 1905, in Madison,
Minn., where she was em-
ployed as a teacher. They
moved to Vancouver, Wash.,
in 1907, where he managed
t h e finished lumber and
moulding warehouse for Pit -
tick & Ledbetter Lumber Co.
until 1910.
The family moved to
McCall in 1910 where Mr. Hoff
and his father operated a
flour mill. When it was de-
stroyed by fire he established
a sawmill which later became
the firm of Hoff and Brown,
Tie and Lumber Co. In 1930,
the partnership was dissolved.
He financed and operated a
dredging and diking operation
on the Kootenai River in Bon-
ners Ferry and with his three
sons ran a cattle ranch in
Long Valley.
While in McCall he was
member and chairman of the
McCall Village Board and
served as city clerk for many
years. He planned and super-
vised the development of the
first water system in the
town.
He also served as member
and chairman of the McCall
School Board and headed the
drive for the town's first high
school through public contri-
butions when tax money was
not available.
Together with his business
partner, Carl E. Brown, he
helped to develop the original
McCall Winter Carnival in the
early 1920s.
He was a superintendent for
the U.S. Forest Service in Ci-
v i l i a n Conservation Corp
camps in the Salmon River
areas near Riggins for five
years.
In 1938, he and his wife es-
tablished the Hoff Lumber Co.
in Horseshoe Bend which they
operated until the manufac-
turing complex known as Hoff
Lumber Co. and Hoff Forest
Products was set up with his
son Theordore Hoff Jr. Mr.
Hoff remained active in the
business as president until the
last few years when he re-
tired from supervision of log-
ging operations.
He was a member of the
Grace Luthern Church in
Horseshoe Bend and the Boise
Elks Lodge Oldtimers. He
joined the lodge in December,
1920.
Survivors include his wife;
three sons, Harvey O. Hoff,
Caldwell, Irvin A. Hoff, Wash-
ington D.C., and Theodore
Hoff Jr., Horseshoe Bend;
three daughters, Mrs. Jack D.
(Helen) Frye, Hoseshoe Bend,
Mrs. A. L. (Irma) Kling, New
York, N.Y:, and Mrs. James
C. (Priscilla) Haves, Boise; a
brother, Melvin E. Hoff,
McCall; a sister, Mrs. Robert
Wilson, Cascade; 13 grand-
children and 16 great-grand-
children.
Active pallbearers include
Harvey B. Hoff, Julian T.
Hoff, Michael Hoff, Jon T.
Frye, Christopher J. Hayes
and Theodore Hoff III.
Honorary pallbearers in-
clude Warren Brown, John A.
Fry, William E. Irvin, Jess B.
Hawley, Thomas C. Frye, Wil-
liam G. Guernsey, Dale V.
Anderson, George E. Kreizen-
b e c k , Harold E. Raper,
James I.. Draper, James F.
Brooks and M. W. Renfro.
THE IDAHO STATESMAN, Boise, Wednesday. June 21, 1978
Theodore Hoff Jr.
Services for Theodore "Ted" Hoff Jr., 60, of
105 Highland View Drive, who died of natural
caucets Monday at a Boise hospital, will be con-
ducted at 10 a.m. Thursday at Emmanuel Lu-
theran Church by the Rev. Michael Dismer. In-
terment will be in Cloverdale Cemetery, under
the direction of Summers Funeral Home.
He was born May 4, 1918, to Theodore and
Hannah Hoff. He attended schools in McCall,
St. Olafs College in Northfield, Minn., and the
University of Washington at Seattle, where he
was a member of Phi Delta Theta. During
World War II, he served as a lieutenant in the
U.S. Naval Air Corps. He was involved in busi-
ness and governmental affiars in the community
and state, and was chairman and chief executive
officer of Hoff Cos. Inc., a diversified company
including subsidiaries in forest products and
property development, at the time of his death.
He married Frances May Barnett Oct. 19, 1943,
at Corpus Christie, Texas.
He had served as chairman of the village
hoard of Horseshoe Bend, chairman of the
Horseshoe Bend School Board, state senator for
Boise County for three terms, a member of the
Idaho Permanent Building Fund Committee,
the Governor's representative to the Small Busi-
ness Administration, chairman of the Republi-
can Party of Boise County and a member of the
College of Idaho board of trustees.
He was past president of the Southern Idaho
Forestry Association, was an adviser to the
School of Forestry at the University of Idaho,
was named Small Business Man of the Year in
Idaho for 1967 and Sales and Marketing Execu-
tive in Idaho, and received the Hiring the Hand-
icapped in the State of Idaho American Legion
Award. A past president of the Idaho Resource
Development Council, he also was a member of
the Executive Committee of the Ore -Ida Boy
Scout Council and the Arid Club.
Surviving are his wife and his mother, Mrs.
Hannah Hoff, both of Boise; two daughters,
Mrs. Warren (Karen) Harris of Emmett and Re-
becca Hoff of Boise; a son, Theodore Hoff III of
,Boise; two brothers, Harvey of Caldwell and
Irvin of Hilton Head, S.C.; three sisters, Mrs.
Jack I). Fry of Gardena, Mrs. Allen H. Kling of
Jamesburg, N.J., and 1VI s. James C. Hayes of
Boise; three grandchildren and numerous nieces
and nephews, including Harvey B. Hoff, presi-
dent of Hoff Cos. Inc.
Memorials may be made to a favorite char-
ity.
Pallbearers will be Jim Draper, Harold E.
Raper, Frank Morrisette, Kenneth Mingus, Ted
Cowper and Ed Maki.
THE IDAHO STATESMAN. Boise, Wednesday, Fehraary 13, 1980"
Civic leader Hannah I. Hoff
of Horseshoe Bend dies at 95
HORSESHOE BEND — Hannah I.
Hoff, 95, Horseshoe Bend, who
helped found a church, a library and
a high school in McCall, died Monday
in a Boise hospital.
Services will be conducted at 1:30
p.m. Thursday in the Augustana
Chapel of Immanuel Lutheran
Church, 707 Fort St., by Pastor Ken-
neth W. Dugan. Interment will be in
Cloverdale Memorial Park under the
direction of Alden -Waggoner.
She was born Feb. 3, 1885, in Lac-
qui, Minn. She taught in several Min-
nesota schools before she married
Theodore Hoff on July 26, 1905. Five
years later, they moved to McCall
and her husband helped found the
Hoff and Brown Co. Her husband
was senior partner in the Hoff and
Brown Tie and Lumber Co., whose
Horseshoe Bend mill is now owned
by Boise Cascade Corp.
While in McCall, she helped found
the Congregational Community
Church, the public library, the first
local high school and the Payette
Lakes Carnival. She was superin-
tendent of the church's Sunday
school and president of the Mission-
ary Society.
In 1938 they moved to Horseshoe
Bend, where he took control of the
mill there.
She was president of the Horse-
shoe Bend Improvement Club, presi-
dent of the Delta Rho chapter of the
Delphian Society, chairwoman of the
Status of Women Committee for the
2nd District of Idaho Federated
Clubs and librarian for the Horse-
shoe Bend library. She was named
Idaho Mother of the Year in 1956 and
Hannah
I. Hoff
later served as secretary and treas-
urer of the Idaho American Mothers
Committee.
She had lived: in Boise since 1973.
She and her husband were members
of the Knife and Fork Club of Boise,
the Boise Community Concert
Series, the Boise Immanuel Lu-
theran Church and Grace Lutheran
Church in Horseshoe Bend.
Surviving are two sons, Harvey O.
Hoff of Caldwell, and Irvin A. Hoff,
of Hilton Head Island, S.C.; three
daughters, Helen Frye of Horseshoe
Bend, Irma Kling of Floral Park,
Fla., and Priscilla Hayes of Green
Valley, Ariz; 14 grandchildren; and
23 great-grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Alden -
Waggoner Chapel today from 6 to 9
p.m. and Thursday until noon. Memo-
rials may be made to the Hoff Schol-
arship Fund, in care of the Univer-
sity of Idaho, the Idaho Youth Ranch
or a favorite charity
`TedHoff,: 60, dies after long illness
Theodore "Ted" Hoff Jr., 60, chair-
man of the board and chief executive
officer of Hoff. Companies Inc., and a
lOrmer state senator, died Monday
afternoon at St. Luke's Hospital after
a long illness.
He lived at 105 Highland View
Drive.
At the time of Hoff s death, a Hoff
Cos. subsidiary, Fidelity Holding Co.,
was rebuilding the old Hotel Boise in
downtown Boise. It will be renamed
the Hoff Building when opened later
this year.
Funeral arrangements will be by
Summers Funeral Home.
Hoff was named a Small Business
Administration Man-of-the-Yearand
a Sales and Marketing Executive of
the Year in the 1960s.
Former Gov. Len B. Jordan
remembered Hoff as a "rigged man"
and a "great sportsman," who de-
lighted in fishing the Salmon River
near his summer home north of Hig-
gins.
Warren Brown; son of the man
who was a business partner of Hoff's
father, said Hoff was an active Re-
publican who was an asset to Idaho.
Hoff was born and tatted in Me -
Ted
Hots'
Call. He attended St. Olaf's'College
in Minnesota and the University of
Washington. During World War II,
he served as a lieutenant in the Navy
Air Corps in the South Pacific.
After World War II, he returned to
Idaho, and worked for the company
operated by his father, the late Theo-
dore Hoff Sr., in 1929.in Horseshoe
Bend.
The elder Hoff got, his start with
the late Carla Brown in 1910 in _Mc
Call. The. two. split the Hoff. and
Brown Lumber Co. in 1929 with Hoff
taking control of a box factory in
Horseshoe Bend.
In the 1970s, company holdings in-
cluded sawmills in Horseshoe Bend
and Rexburg. The Horseshoe Bend
mill was sold to the. Boise Cascade
Corp. in 1975. The Rexburg mill site,
damaged in . the 1976 Teton Dam
flood, was sold to the Lousiana Pa-
cific Corp. in:1977.
In 1975, Hoff started Hoff Build-
ing Supply,which has a distribution
yard in Meridian and retail lumber
,yards in Meridian, Caldwell, Weiser,
Ontario, Ore., and La Grande, Ore.
Another Hoff company, Hoff For-
est Products Corp., has a mill in
Union, Ore., and. molding .plants in.
Caldwell and Homedale.
Fidelity. Holding has real estate
holdings in the Boise area, .including.
most of the block bounded by 8th,
9th, Bannock and Jefferson streets
and the Middlebrook subdivision.
A Republican, Hoff served several
terms as a state senator from Boise
Countyin the 1950s. He later served
on the State Building Council.
Heis survived by his wife Frances;
two daughters, Karen Harris, Em-
mett, and Rebecca Hoff; . and a son,
Theodore Hoff III. r
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Horseshoe Bend Club Picks
Mrs. Hoff `Mother' Candidate
MRS. THEODORE HOFF
State mother nominee
(Sigler photo)
Mrs. Theodore Hoff, Sr. has
been elected unanimously by
members of the Horseshoe
Bend Improvement club as their
nominee for the state mother
for 1955.
Mrs. Hoff and her husband, a
prominent Idaho lumberman,
are the parents of six children.
In July they will celebrate their
50th wedding anniversary Be-
fore moving to Horseshoe Bend
in 1938, the family lived for 28
years in McCall where Mrs.
Hoff was engaged in civic and
church work She has been ac-
tive in Idaho Federated clubs
for the last few years serving
as local president and director.
She has also worked in the
Delphian society in Boise. The
Hoffs are affiliated with the
Boise Immanuel Lutheran
church. In addition to her civic
and church work, Mrs. Hoff has
hobbies of needlepoint, knitting,
textile and ceramic painting,
gardening and photography.
Four of her children live in
Idaho. Her oldest son, Harvey,
is a Caldwell lumber retailer,
Chamber of Commerce presi-
dent and vice president of re-
gion eleven of Boy Scouts. Mrs.
Jack D. Frye, wife of the rail-
road agent here, teaches school.
Mrs. James C. Hayes is presi-
dent of the Homedale Altar
society and wife of the state rep-
resentative from Owyhee coun-
ty. Theodore Hoff, Jr, manages
the Hoff lumber company and is
the senator from Boise county.
Mrs. A. L. Kling lives in New
York where her husband is safe-
ty engineer for the American
Cynamid company. Irvin A.
Hoff works in Washington, D.C.
as executive assistant to U. S.
Sen. Warren G. Magnuson of
Washington. Mrs. Hoff has 11
grandchildren.
This is the first year the
Horseshoe Bend Improvement
club has chosen a nonlinee for
state mother. Mrs. Flora Faull,
Mrs. Olive Leaf, Mrs. Ruby Ol-
sen, and Mrs. Myrtle Hanson
are officers of the organization
sponsoring Mrs. Hoff.
17-D Old Nassau Road
Jamesburg, NJ. 08831
December 10, 1978
Mrs. Mary Thurston
McCall Care Center
McCall, Idaho
Dear Mary Thurston
Before inquiring about the progress In writing tine
history of mcCall let me state hopes that these past
months have been kind to your arthritis, broxen hip pains
a.na your physical well-being. From your good letter of
January I know that no one need question or ask about
your spirits and enthusiasm. How wonderful!
Your project of gathering McCall facts must be most
gratifying. Future historians will surely bless you and
your efforts.
Inclosed is a statement that should be in your files.
There must have been controversy concerning the town's
water system. Dates and names needed verification for
some reason back in 1969. Robert Wilson of Cascade was
truly an historian as well as a history -maker of Valley
County, and also my uncle. The paper was among some of
the lettersbelong ;to Theodore Hoff, my father.
If you have any material regarding the Hoff family
that you want to have reviewed or checked please let me know.
Mr,Kling and I continue assembling facts ana will eventually
share -tnem. We are being cautious, perhaps, knowing how
frequently hear -say and legend are considered truths.
May you and your loved ones have a Christmas of Joy
and a New Year of Health and Happiness.
Sincerely,
Irma Hoff Kling
17 Old Nassau Road
Jamesburg, N. J. 08831
January 4, 1978
Mrs. Mary Thurston
McCall Care Center
McCall, Idaho
Dear Mary Thurston
Recently I had a letter from Harvey Hoff, my oldest
brother, telling of his visit with you and your plans to
write a history of McCall. This is a most worthwhile
project and one in which I, too, am interested.
A. good portion of my life was spent in McCall since
I was both born and taught school there. Now, though
we're about 2,000 miles apart, I'd be happy to assist
you in any way possible.
Do you have any specific questions about the Hoff
family and the pioneering role which Theodore and Hannah
Hoff played in developing the town? As your records un-
doubtedly show, my grandfather, Hans T. Hsff, came to
McCall in the early 1900s, and was followed shortly
thereafter by my father and mother.
Harvey did not say how far your project has pro-
gressed. Possibly there is additional information which
you might need and which we might be able to furnish.
Perhaps you might want to have us review that portion of
the material that pertains to the Hoffs, and this we
would be glad to do.
For your convenience I am enclosing a self addressed
envelop because I would certainly like to hear from you.
Very sincerely,
Irma Hoff ling
Priscilla E. Hayes
GREEN VALLEY, Ariz. —
Priscilla E. Hayes, 72, of Green.
Valley, and formerly of Boise,
died Wednesday, Jan. 27, 1988, at
a hospice in Tucson, Ariz.
Mass of Christian Burial was
celebrated Saturday, Jan. 30, at
Our Lady of the Valley Catholic
Church, Green Valley. Burial was
in Green Valley Memorial Gar-
dens.
Mrs. Hayes was born Oct. 25,
1915, at McCall, a daughter of
Hannah and Theodore Hoff, a pio-
neer timber industry family. She
attended schools in Idaho, and at
St. Olaf College in Northfield,
Minn. Prior to her marriage in
1940, she taught in Idaho schools
and managed a ready-to-wear
store. During World War II, she
worked in a medical supply fac-
tory at Needham, Mass. She
earned much recognition in serv-
ice to her community and nation.
Survivors include her husband,
James "Jim" Hayes of Green
Valley; a son, Christopher J.
Hayes of Everett, Wash.; two
brothers, Harvey O. Hoff of Cald-
well and Irvin Hoff of Hiltonhead,
N.C.; and two sisters, Mrs. Jack
Frye of Gardena, Idaho, and Mrs.
Allen Kling of Jamesburg, N.J. A
brother, Theodore Hoff Jr., died
earlier.
Memorials may be made to St.
Mary's Hospice, Tucson, Ariz.;
the Arizona Cancer Center, Tuc-
son; or to the YMCA Youth Shel-
ter, Seattle.
James C. Hayes
LYNNWOOD, Wash. — James
Cornelius Hayes, 77, of Lynn-
wood, and a former longtime resi-
dent of Boise, died Thursday, Oct.
10, 1991, in a Lynnwood nursing
home following an extended
illness.
Mass of Christian Burial will
be celebrated at 11 a.m. (MST)
Monday, Oct. 14, at Our Lady of
the Valley Catholic Church,
Green Valley, Ariz. Arrange-
ments are under the direction of
Green Valley Mortuary, Green
Valley.
Mr. Hayes was born May 12,
1914, at Stenhousemuir (Falkirk),
Scotland. He immigrated to the
United States along with his
mother and siblings in 1920. They
settled in Boise where Jim lived
most of his life. Throughout hl
life he was active in the lumber
business and his community.
After serving his country in the e
U.S. Army during World War II,
he moved to Homedale, Idand ''
where he built Hayes Lumber Co.
For many years, he worked for
Boise Cascade Corp. in a variety'
of managerial positions. Follow-
ing a short retirement he helped,
manage the Hoff Companies. He
and his wife moved to Green Val-
ley, Ariz., in 1978. He moved to
Lynnwood in 1989 to be near hi§",
son.
His community activities in
cluded serving as first mayor of
Homedale; Idaho state legislator;'
Republican county chairmant
president of the Homedale School
Board; president of the Homedale
Kiwanis Club; board member or
the Green Valley community
health group; and president of the
Green Valley Country Club.
Survivors include a son, Chris-
topher James Hayes of Everett,'
Wash. He was preceded in death
by his wife, Priscilla Hoff Hayes;,
and a daughter, Jacqueline Hayes,_
Frein. „
Memorials may be made to Sty,
Mary's Hospice, Tucson, Ariz.; tq
Northwest Kidney Foundation,,
Seattle; or to the Helen Hoff Fryq;
Scholarship Fund, Horseshoe„
Bend, Idaho.
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Helen Hoff Frye
GARDENA Helen Hoff Frye,
78, of Gardena, died Sat., Nov. 10,
1990, at an Emmett nursing home.
Private memorial services will
be held Friday, Nov. 16, at Potter
Chapel, Emmett.
Mrs. Frye was born on March
26, 1912, at McCall, a daughter of
Theodore and Hannah Hoff, Sr.
She attended grade school in
McCall, St. Margaret's High
School in Boise and graduated
from St. Olaf College in North-
field, Minn. She later studied at
the University of Washington,
University of Idaho, College of
Idaho and Boise State University.
She began her teaching career at
McCall -Donnelly High School
and served as the principal. She
taught at Shelley High School
and Horseshoe Bend grade school
from 1954 until retiring in 1974.
Helen married Jack Douglas Frye
in 1941, and they lived in Payette,
Burns and Juntura, Ore. before
moving to Horseshoe Bend in
1951. Upon retirement, they made
their home in Gardena.
Survivors include her husband
of 49 years; a son and daughter-
in-law, Jon and Sharon Frye of
Caldwell; a daughter and son-in-
law, Jill and Dennis Gray of Boi-
se; two brothers, Harvey Hoff, Sr.
of Caldwell and Irvin Hoff of Hil-
ton Head, S.C.; a sister, Irma
Kling of Jamesburg, N.J.; two
grandsons; and numerous nieces
and nephews. She was preceded
in death by her parents, a sister,
Priscilla Hayes of Green Valley,
Ariz. and a brother, Theodore
(Bun) Hoff, Jr. of Boise.
Helen requests that memorials
may be made to the Grace Luther-
an Church of Horseshoe Bend.
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HELEN HOFF FRYE
Helen Hoff Frye, 78, of Gardena
and formerly of McCall, died Satur-
day, Nov. 10, 1990, at an Emmett
nursing home.
Private memorial services will be
held Friday, Nov. 16, at Potter
Chapel, Emmett.
She was born on March 26,
1912, at McCall, a daughter of
Theodore and Hannah Hoff, Sr. She
attended grade school in McCall, St.
Margaret's High School in Boise
and graduated from St. Olaf's Col-
lege in Northfield, Minn. She later
studied at the University of Wash-
ington, University of Idaho, College
of Idaho and Boise State University.
She began her teaching career at
McCall -Donnelly High School and
served as the principal. She taught
at Shelley High School and Horse-
shoe Bend grade school from 1954
until retiring in 1974. She married ;
Jack Douglas Frye in 1941, and,
they lived in Payette, Burns and
Juntura, Ore. before moving to
Horseshoe Bend in 1951. Upon re-
tirement, they made their home in
Gardena.
Survivors include her husband of
49 years; a son and daughter-in-law,
Jon and Sharon Frye of Caldwell; a
daughter and son-in-law, Jill and
Dennis Gray of Boise; two brothers,
Harvey Hoff, Sr. of Caldwell and
Irvin Hoff of Hilton Head, S.C.; a
sister, Irma Kling of Jamesburg,
N.J.; two grandsons; and numerous
nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her
parents, a sister, Priscilla Hayes of
Green Valley, Ariz. and a brother,
Theodore (Bun) Hoff, Jr. of Boise.
Memorials may be made to the
Grace Lutheran Church of Horse-
shoe Bend.
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HORSESHOE BEND — Mr.
and Mrs. Theodore Hoff, of
Horseshoe Bend received the
congratulations of over 250 rela-
tives and friends at a reception
Tuesday afternoon in their home
which celebrated the fiftieth an-
niversary of their marriage.
Honoring their parents with
the reception were their six
children and their nine grand-
children: the Harvey Hoffs of
Caldwell, the Irvin Hoffs of
Washington, D. C., the Jack D.
Fryes of Horseshoe Bend, the
Alan Klings of Long Island,
New York, the James C.
Hayeses of Homedale, and the
Theodore Hoffs, Jr., of Horse-
shoe Bend.
Two of Hoff's brothers, Mar-
tin and Melvin of McCall, and
his two sisters, Mrs. Lee Kessler
of Boise, and Mrs. Robert Wil-
son of Cascade were special
guests.
Old friends from McCall, mill
employes of the Hoff Lumber
company, Boise county resi-
dents, members of Mrs. Hoff's
club, and Boise friends were
among those present. A special
delegation from the Immanuel
Lutheran church of Boise drove
out to extend best wishes.
House guests of the Hoffs
who came from out-of-state for
the celebration are Mrs. Lena
Durdahl, Mrs. Elmer Durdahl
and Mrs. Clara Nordlum of
Crookston, Minn., and Mrs.
;Margaret K. Ford of Sunnyside,
Wash.
Mrs. Kessler, Mrs. Ford,: Mrs.
:Grace Hoff and Mrs. Vivian
Lundeberg poured. The cake
was cut by Mrs. Harvey Hoff
and Mrs. Elmer Durdahl. Mrs.
Melvin Hoff and the sons-in-law
served at the punch bowls. Mrs.
Irvin Hoff and Mrs. Theodore
Hoff, Jr., were in charge of the
guest book. Incidental music
was played by three grandchil-
dren Ann Kling, Gretchen Hoff,
and Julian Hoff.
Following the reception Mr.
and Mrs. Hoff entertained with
a family dinner for 41 at Fern -
MR. AND MRS. THEODORE HOFF of
Horseshoe ]lend were entertained with a
reception on their golden wedding anni-
versary given by their six children and nine
grandchildren. (Parker photo),