Dean attended Lincoln High School, and he excelled as a student-athlete as varsity captain of the football team while receiving all state honors. However, Dean’s biggest accomplishment in high school was when he met the love of his life, Lorraine. They married as teenagers in 1948, and they enjoyed the next 70 wonderful years together. Whether it was raising their kids Linda, Randy and Vickie, hosting many family events with grandkids and great-grand kids, working side by side together, cheering on Big Red, traveling the world, or sitting on their county patio watching the sunset, Dean and Lorraine always seemed inseparable.
After High School, Dean attended the University of Nebraska, before working for International Paper, and eventually State Farm Insurance. Dean Hoy’s State Farm Insurance Agency, on Normal Blvd, has stood as a community landmark for more than 55 years while servicing the needs of many lifelong customers. Over the years, his agency was the recipient of dozens of awards for outstanding sales and service due to his hard work, personality, and his long-time valued and dedicated employees. He was also a 60-year active and founding member of the Lincoln area Kiwanis Club.
Throughout Dean’s life, he spent almost all his 93 years very close to the farm where he was raised. He was known as a long-time community fixture devoted to his family, his parents, friends, and customers. Whether he was providing sound insurance advice to his customers, telling one of many of his famous jokes, volunteering at Simmons-Saltillo Cemetery as a caretaker, flying his plane, snow skiing at Copper Mountain, elk hunting in Montana, or walking his property with his dogs, Dean lived his life to the fullest every day, and he forever cherished the wonderful life he built with Lorraine.
Survivors include children, Linda (Chuck) Roberts, Randy (Laura) Hoy, son-in-law Michael Sexton; grandchildren, Jefferson (Jacqui) Roberts, Benjamin (Helen) Roberts, Michael (Laura) Sexton, Nora Sexton; great grandchildren, Cora, Josh, Ella, Avery, Jackson, and Celia. Sister-in-law Anne Hoy Smart and very close family friends Jim “JB” and Sandy Becker.
He was preceded in death by wife Lorraine Hoy; daughter Vickie Sexton: his parents, Leslie Bruce and Mabel Elizabeth Hoy; his siblings, Rex Hoy, Marvin Hoy, Glenn Hoy and Shirley Kirby; his sister-in-law, Lillian Hoy.
Both the Visitation and Memorial Services will be conducted at Roper & Sons South Lincoln Chapel, 3950 Hohensee Dr., Lincoln, NE 68516.
Visitation: 3pm-5pm on Sunday, February 25, 2024.
Memorial Service: 11am on Monday, February 26, 2024.
A Private Family Burial will follow the Memorial Service Luncheon.
In lieu of flowers: memorial contributions may be directed towards Dean’s favorite historic non-profit 501(c)13 rural cemetery.
Simmons Saltillo Cemetery
8835 Rifle Dr., Lincoln, NE 68507
c/o Jon Sterns – treasurer