Roberta Lee Hoff

Her children are planning a Celebration of Life to honor their mother at Cron-Sheehy Funeral Home, Eveleth on Thursday, June 12, 2025 from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. with a 7:00 p.m. Prayer Service and Family Remembrances led by Pastor Jeanne Madsen. Private graveside services will be held at Eveleth Cemetery.
Roberta Lee Hoff, 83, passed away on Friday, March 7, 2025 at Shenandoah Nursing and Rehab in Fishersville, VA. Roberta was born in Denver, Colorado on September 3, 1941.
Roberta loved her family. She had four children and drove them to and attended every award ceremony, gymnastics, choir, club and sporting event that they participated in. For many years, she spent her summers reading and watching kids at the Stella Street pool. She enjoyed all pets and often had two hunting dogs, two cats and a small lap dog in her home. She was always ready for a trip; hunting, fishing, camping and traveling to northern Minnesota to see her family. Looking back at our photos you can see the joy in her smile at weddings, baby showers, birthdays and any gathering that she could see her grandchildren. She loved to read, craft, and shop for unique gifts. She made the best rigatoni and pheasant dinners and her favorite meal was leftover Canadian bacon and green olive pizza from Jakes.
She lost some of her memories later in life due to dementia and when she was no longer able to travel, she loved her caregivers, enjoyed family phone calls and visits, games of scrabble, talking about her Danielle Steel book collection and anyone who brought her Werther's soft caramels.
Roberta is survived by her brothers, James Nelson (Marsha Kauppi) of Virginia, Minnesota, William Nelson (Mavis Frolik) of Rice Lake, Wisconsin; daughters, Liane Kolaskie of Waynesboro, Virginia, Jodi Biehler of Jones, Oklahoma, Jenny Gonsorrowski (Roger) of Thief River Falls, Minnesota; her son, Michael Hoff of Monticello, Minnesota,; 6 grandchildren, Ryan and Tyler Kolaskie, Chris and Caleb Biehler, Carley Davis (Drew), Nick Gonsorowski and one great-granddaughter, Emery Davis.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Carl and Ella Nelson; her sister, Janet Haiman, and her sister-in-law, Mickey Nelson.