Barbara Ann Crancer
{{Short description|American retired lawyer and judge}}
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| name = Barbara Ann Crancer
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| office = Associate Circuit Judge of the 21st Missouri Circuit Court
| term_start = July 1992
| term_end = March 2008
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|4|8}}
| birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
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| birthname = Barbara Ann Hoffa
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| spouse = {{marriage|Robert E. Crancer|1961|2023|end=died}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-06-09-9102210371-story.html|title=HOFFA'S DAUGHTER|first=Magda|last=Krance|website=chicagotribune.com|date=9 June 1991 }}
| father = Jimmy Hoffa
| relatives = James P. Hoffa (brother)
| children = 1
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| education = Albion College (BA)
Washington University in St. Louis (JD)
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Barbara Ann Crancer (née Hoffa; born April 8, 1938) is an American retired lawyer and judge who was a St. Louis County, Missouri Associate Circuit Court Judge. She is the daughter of former Teamsters Union president Jimmy Hoffa and Josephine (née Poszywak) Hoffa.
Early life and education
Crancer was born in Detroit, Michigan. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Albion College in 1960, and a Juris Doctor degree from the Washington University School of Law. After her father's disappearance, Crancer claimed that she had a vision of her father, who, she was already sure, was dead. He was slumped over and wore a dark-colored, short-sleeved polo shirt. It has mystified her ever since that although she could not have possibly known that prior to her arrival at Lake Orion, the clothing in her vision was exactly what Hoffa was wearing when he disappeared.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/gdpr-consent/?destination=%2farchive%2flifestyle%2f1991%2f06%2f17%2fthe-fighting-spirit-of-jimmy-hoffas-kids%2fe466638b-7b51-4fb3-864c-68ab9cd6818b%2f%3f |title=THE FIGHTING SPIRIT OF JIMMY HOFFA'S KIDS |first=Paul |last=Hendrickson |date=June 17, 1991 |access-date=June 6, 2019 |newspaper=Washington Post}}
Career
Crancer worked as a private practice lawyer in St. Louis through 1989 when she was appointed legal advisor and then administrative law judge for Missouri Division of Workers' Compensation, serving until 1992. In July 1992, Crancer was appointed to associate circuit judge for St. Louis County, Missouri Crancer retired in March 2008, but in March 2009, she agreed to serve as an assistant attorney general for the Division of Civil Disability and Workers Rights.[http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/Koster_creates_new_division_and_appoints_Crancer_as_Chief/ Koster names Judge Barbara Crancer to head new division on worker, disability and civil rights], Attorney General's News Release, Missouri Attorney General's Office, February 23, 2009. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527150130/http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/Koster_creates_new_division_and_appoints_Crancer_as_Chief/ |date=May 27, 2010 }} She retired from that post in March 2011.{{cite web| url=http://www.co.st-louis.mo/circuitcourt/d31bio.html| title = The Honorable Barbara Ann Crancer Associate Circuit Judge, Division 31| accessdate = July 7, 2009|publisher = St Louis County}}{{dead link|date=March 2016}}
Personal life
Crancer was married to Robert E. Crancer (b. November 17, 1936) from 1961 until his death in 2023. They have one daughter, Barbara Josephine Crancer (b. 1963) and one grandson.{{cite web |title=Robert Crancer Obituary |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/stltoday/name/robert-crancer-obituary?id=53398266 |website=www.legacy.com}}
Her younger brother is James P. Hoffa, former president of the Teamsters Union. While the siblings grew up in Detroit, the Hoffa family also spent time at their summer cottage in Orion Township, Michigan.[http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=42 How one man's bad luck paved way for creation of Cranbrook] The Detroit News, January 14, 2002. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511181201/http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=42 |date=May 11, 2011 }}
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Category:Missouri state court judges
Category:Washington University School of Law alumni
Category:Albion College alumni
Category:American women judges
Category:Women in Missouri politics