Dr. Robert Wayne “Bob” Schoeff, passed Feb. 28 at the age of 98. He was a professor and extension specialist at Kansas State University (KSU) specializing in marketing, management and safety in the feed and grain industry.

While at KSU, Schoeff created a dust explosion safety video series that was widely used by the Occupational Safety & Health Administration.

Over the years, he received recognition for his outstanding contributions to the feed and grain industry from the American Feed Industry Assn., the Grain Elevators & Processing Society and the American Feed Manufacturers Assn. He was recognized around the world as an expert in grain elevator and feed mill safety and explosion prevention and was a respected consultant in the field even after his retirement from KSU.

Schoeff was born Sept. 15, 1921, in Huntington County, Ind., and grew up on a farm near Huntington. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees and his PhD from Purdue University.

He was commissioned in the U.S. Marine Corp in January 1943 and served in the South Pacific during World War II as an artillery officer. He received an honorable discharge from the Marine Corp Reserves in 1957 at the rank of captain.

Schoeff worked for several agribusinesses in Indiana and Illinois before moving to Manhattan, Kan., in 1960, when he joined the faculty at KSU.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on March 14 at the First Lutheran Church, 930 Poyntz Ave., Manhattan, Kan. The family will receive visitors at the church from noon to 12:45 p.m. on March 14. Online condolences may be left for the family through the funeral home website at www.ymlfuneralhome.com.

Memorial contributions may be made to either the Kansas State University Foundation for the Robert & Evelyn Schoeff Scholarship in Grain Science or the First Lutheran Church. Contributions may be left in care of the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home, 1616 Poyntz Ave., Manhattan, KS 66502.