Terry Hoff

of Minot and Bismarck,

passed away peacefully

on November 10, 2020, in

his home in Colorado

Springs, Colorado, with

his wife, Shireen, holding

his hand.

Terry Glenn Hoff was

born on March 29, 1946,

in Parshall, North Dakota,

to Seth “Bud” and Luella

“Lu” (Myhre) Hoff. He

grew up on the family

farm as the oldest of three

brothers. He excelled in

school and sports and

learned the value of hard

work. Terry also served in

the United States Army

Reserve.

Terry was joined in

marriage to Jacqueline

(“Jackie”) Morlang in

1966, and they were

blessed with two

daughters, Lisa and

Trisha. They made their

home in Minot after Terry

graduated from the

University of North Dako-

ta. Jackie predeceased

Terry in 1989.

Terry married Shireen

(Anderson) Hoff in 1991

and lovingly accepted her

daughters, Claire and

Sarah, as his own. Terry

and Shireen resided in

Minot until 2010 while

enjoying as much time at

their home on Lake Saka-

kawea as possible. They

enjoyed traveling with

cherished friends and

spending winters in Oro

Valley, Arizona, and

Mazatlan, Mexico. In

2017, Terry and Shireen

moved to Bismarck to be

near two of their children

and grandchildren. They

relocated to Colorado

Springs earlier this year.

Terry began his career

as a certified public ac-

countant at Weber

Spaulding in Minot in

1968. He then joined Trin-

ity Health where he rose

through the ranks to be-

come the chief executive

officer in 1986. He cared

deeply for his employees,

the community, and the

health system to which he

devoted most of his work-

ing life. His diligence,

determination, and vision

helped Trinity grow from

a local hospital to a re-

gional health system serv-

ing northwest and north

central North Dakota. He

retired in 2009.

Terry was proud and

honored to lead Trinity

Health as its chief execu-

tive officer for nearly 25

years and felt one of his

greatest accomplishments

was overseeing the expan-

sion and modernization of

Trinity Nursing Home.

These efforts resulted in a

new common space and

other services for the

residents who make the

facility their home.

Terry believed in the

importance of investing in

one’s local community.

He was an active member

of First Lutheran Church

(Minot) and Resurrection

Lutheran Church (Oro

Valley, Arizona); past

chairman of the Greater

North Dakota Chamber

Board of Directors; and

member of many service

and professional organiza-tions, including the Minot

Area Community Founda-

tion, North Dakota Hospi-

tal Association, American

Hospital Association,

North Dakota Healthcare

Financial Management

Association, Rotary Club

of Minot, and Minot Area

Chamber of Commerce.

He also was a Fellow in

the American College of

Healthcare Executives and

member and past chair-

man of the North Dakota

Nursing Home Associa-

tion.

Terry was a lifelong

New York Yankees base-

ball fan and travelled

across the country to

watch the Yankees play.

Friends and family could

find him enjoying

Yankees games on tv

throughout baseball sea-

son, and he loved watch-

ing his grandsons play

baseball, basketball, and

football. While Terry’s

golf game was not his

greatest strength, he was

very happy whenever one

of the grandsons would

follow him around with a

golf club to “play” with

Grandpa.

Terry often was not the

loudest person in the

room or the most talka-

tive, but people listened

when he spoke. His vi-

sion, drive, intelligence,

and leadership were evi-

dent to all those around

him. His family and

friends cherished his

warmth, humor, kindness,

and strength of character.

Terry is survived by his

wife, Shireen; his broth-

ers, Robin (Sherry) Hoff

and Steve (Jeanette) Hoff;

his daughters Lisa (Barry)

Botnen, Claire Ness,

Trisha (Greg) Meidinger,

and Sarah (Brett) Bartz;

his grandchildren Garrett

and Kiera Botnen, Evan

Licastro, Gavin

Meidinger, and Alexa and

Katherine Bartz; and his

many nieces and

nephews, great-nieces and

great-nephews, cousins,

and friends. He also is

survived by his beloved

caregivers from the last

two years: Chad Hoff

(Terry’s nephew) and Ra-

chel Dinger.

Due to the COVID-19

pandemic, a celebration of

Terry’s life will be held in

the spring or summer of

2021.

Memorials are preferred

to the Terry and Shireen

Hoff Endowed Scholar-

ship Fund at Luther Sem-

inary – Office of Seminary

Relations – 2481 Como

Avenue – St. Paul, MN

55108 or www.

luthersem.edu/giving/give,

Trinity Health Founda-

tion, or to an organization

of the donor’s choice.

Memories and con-

dolences may be shared at

www.thomas

familyfuneralhome.com.

(Thomas Family Fun-

eral Home – Minot)