Nancy Hoover

Nancy Kaye (Hybben) Hoover, 82, of Mendota Heights, died peacefully October 31, 2026. She was born March 5, 1944, in Clear Lake, Wis., the oldest of eight children of Andrew and Kathryn (Peabody) Hybben, and graduated from Boyceville High School in 1962. She moved to St. Paul, where she met Kingsley Hoover; they married in 1964 and settled in Forest Lake, where their son, Justin, was born in 1973. 

Nancy worked as an executive secretary and in administrative roles for many years, most happily as receptionist for the Forest Lake School District. She and Kingsley spent 15 years in Kent, Wash., running Kings Original Kettle Korn, before retiring to Mendota Heights in 2017 to be near her son and family. 

A woman of deep faith, Nancy loved yard work, writing, decorating, and giving to others, and she treasured her bond with her granddaughter, Skye. 

She was preceded in death by her parents Andrew and  Kathryn Hybben; her sister Sandy Bodsberg and her brother  Peter Hybben. 

She is survived by her husband, Kingsley; son Justin (Michele); granddaughter Skye; siblings Andrew, Rondell, Terry, and Judy Hybben and Melody Schmidt, and their spouses; and many nieces and nephews. 

Nancy’s life will be celebrated with a service at 1 PM Saturday, November 7 with visitation beginning at 11:30 AM at Roberts Family Funeral Home, Forest Lake.

 Interment will follow at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery in North Branch, Minnesota. 

In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital or the American Lung Association.