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Robert Earl Hoppel

CANTON — Robert Earl Hoppel passed away July 13, 2020, after 11 days at Mercy Medical Intensive Care unit fighting Covid-19. Born in East Liverpool 12/2/1936 to Forrest Hoppel & Helen Shaffer Hoppel.

He is survived by his wife Diana of 29 years, daughters Diana Rinkoff & Eric Rinkoff, and Susan Dawson & Mike Dawson. Grandchildren David Hunt Headley, Jamie & Scott Riley, Katelyn Hoppel & Kylie Hambleton, Sarah Hoppel & Fred Glenn, Carly Rinkoff, Amanda Cupples, Ryan Cupples, and Emma Hoppel, and great grandchildren Brycen Rinkoff, Kelley & Noah Riley, Blake Cupples, Oakland Glenn, Sawyer Hambleton, and Evann Grace Hambleton, along with extended family Suellen Hoppel, nephew Steffon & Cheryl Hoppel. Proceeded in death by his parents, his son Robert Brian Hoppel, brother Jack Hoppel, and sister Ruth Seibert.

Bob grew up in East Liverpool, at 14 his mother married Loren Noble from Carrollton, and where he graduated from high school. He worked for John Eisenhut at the Carrollton Locker Plant for several years while going to college at night. His first job was with Beneficial Finance in Canton, and then went full speed up the management ladder with Ford Motor Credit, starting in Canton, OH and moving to Lima, OH, Albany, NY, Corpus Christi, TX and ending in Kansas City, Ford’s largest branch with 100 employees. Bob moved back to Corpus Christi, TX and started his own finance company working with the large dealerships, to create in-house financing. Bob loved his family, the automobile finance business and especially 1932 Ford Hotrods. In 1987 he created his own finance company in Clearwater, FL. In 1992 moved to Daytona Beach where he and his wife Diana created Bros. Little Car Company, building 1928-1932 Ford hotrods, but specialized in 1932 Ford Roadsters, his favorite, and over a period of 10 years built 70 hotrods.

The Celebration of Life and burial will take place on Saturday, September 25th at 1:00 pm at the Westview Cemetery in Carrollton.

9/18/21