ELIZABETH BETTY ANNE HOFF - RICHLAND

BETTY WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 4, 1912 TO JOHN AND JANE IRVING IN ANTLER NORTH DAKOTA. AT AN EARLY AGE HER FAMILY MOVED TO MINTON SASKA TCHEWAN TO LIVE WITH GRANDPARENTS ABE AND JEAN DINWOODIE. HER EARLY LIFE WAS SPENT ON THE FARM HEARDING CATTLE AND ATTENDING A ONE ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE CALLED BIG FOUR. BETTY REALIZED THAT SHE DIDN'T WANT TO BE A FARMER ALL HER LIFE AND MOVED TO CEYLON SO SHE COULD COMPLETE HER 11TH AND 12TH GRADE. SHE LIVED WITH A FAMILY AND WORKED FOR HER ROOM AND BOARD WHILE ATTENDING HIGH SCHOOL. AFTER GRADUATION, BETTY ATTENDED REGINA TEACHERS COLLEGE. SHE RETURNED TO MINTON AND BEGAN TEACHING IN THE SAME BIG FOUR SCHOOL. SHE WAS THE ONLY TEACHER FOR GRADES ONE-TEN. THREE YEARS LATER SHE MET JOHN HOFF AND THEY WERE MARRIED AT CROSBY NORTH DAKOTA JULY 9,1936. SHE TAUGHT FOR TWO MORE YEARS BEFORE MOVING TO EMO ONTERIO WHERE SON RICHARD WAS BORN. IN 1944 THE FAMILY MOVED TO LOS ANGELES AND SON DEAN WAS BORN. IN 1948 AFTER A BRIEF STOP IN SPOKANE, THE HOFF FAMILY ARRIVED IN NORTH RICHLAND TRAILER CAMP WHERE JOHN WORKED FOR GENERAL ELECTRIC. LIFE WAS GOOD, AND BETTY WOULD OFTEN RECALL HER YEARS IN NORTH RICHLAND AS THE BEST. SHE BEGAN WORKING IN THE KITCHEN AT JOHN BALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, A CAREER THAT WOULD CONTINUE AT JEFFERSON AND CHIEF JO UNTIL 1977. BETTY LOVED HER TEACHERS AND STUDENTS AT CHIEF JO, AND OFTEN BRAGGED ABOUT HOW MANY SHE SERVED ON CHILI AND CINNAMON ROLL DAYS. BETTY ALSO WORKED IN THE KITCHEN AT KADLEC FOR OVER 25 YEARS.

BETTY WAS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY HER ONE AND ONLY LOVE JOHN IN 1958. HER SISTER ISABEL AND BROTHER HERB ALSO PRECEED HER. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER SISTER, JESSIE YOUNKER IN LANGLEY MANITOBA, SON RICHARD AND WIFE SHER IN CARLSBAD CALIFORNIA, SON DEAN AND WIFE JOANN, WHOM BETTY CALLED HER DAUGHTER SHE NEVER HAD, IN RICHLAND, SIX GRANDCHILDREN, KIMBERLY, RYAN WIFE CAMILLE,AND ERIK IN THE TRI-CITIES, DARREN WIFE CYNNDIE, SABRA HUSBAND JEFFERY, AND TAYLOR IN CALIFORNIA. THIRTEEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, KEVIN, ETHAN, JESSICA, LINNEA, MEGHAN, AND GRADY IN THE TRI-CITIES AND NIKOLAUS, JARED, JAKE, COLE, NOLAN, MADISON, AND RILEY IN CALIFORNIA.

BETTY WAS A TRULY AMAZING WOMEN. SHE DISCOVERED WALKING LATE IN LIFE AND WOULD WALK 3 MILES EVERY MORNING AT CHIEF JO TRACK. SHE WOULD CONTINUE WALKING UNTIL SHE BECAME ILL IN 1999.

BETTY LOVED TO KNIT. SHE WOULD KNIT 100'S OF MITTENS EACH YEAR AND DONATE THEM TO SCHOOLS AND THE MCDONALD CHRISTMAS TREE.

SHE HAD UNCONDITIONAL LOVE FOR HER FAMILY AND IS FONDLY REMEMBERED AS GRAM BY ALL HER GRANDCHILDREN.

HER FAVORITE VACATION SPOT WAS CANNON BEACH. EACH YEAR SHE LOOKED FORWARD TO THE LONG WALKS WITH DEAN AND JOANN AND BUILDING GREAT SAND CASTLES WITH HER GRANDCHILDREN.

BETTY PUT EVERYONES NEEDS AHEAD OF HERS. SHE WAS TRULY LOVED BY ALL THAT MET HER.

BETTY WAS A MEMBER OF THE RICHLAND CHURCH OF CHRIST.

A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT EINAN'S IN RICHLA'ND TUESDAY MAY 27, AT 3:00. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS MAY BE MADE IN BETTY'S NAME TO THE GARDEN PROJECT AT KADLEC MEDICAL CENTER, IN -CARE OF THE KADLEC FOUNDATION 888 SWIFT BLVD, RICHLAND, WA 99352.