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HOVEY, Dolores M. (Kinsey) 1930-2017

HOVEY, KINSEY, WILHELMI, MINER

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 3/12/2018 at 12:36:12

August 6, 1930 - August 20, 2017

Obituary for Dolores M. Hovey

Dolores Mae Hovey, 87, of Waterloo, died Sunday, August 20 at Pinnacle Specialty Care in Cedar Falls.

She was born August 6, 1930 in Bancroft, Iowa, daughter of Earl S. and Lenora Wilhelmi Kinsey. She married Eldon L. Hovey on May 14, 1950 in Blue Earth, Minn.

Dolores graduated from St. Cecilia Academy in Algona, Iowa in 1947. She then started working as a telephone operator. The family moved to Hampton in 1959 where she worked as a bookkeeper for a John Deere Implement Dealer. In 1975, the family moved to Waterloo and Dolores began working at AM Blackhawk Food Services holding the position of office manager. She remained there for 14 years, retiring in 1989.

Survived by: her husband, Eldon; three sons, Theodore P. “Ted” (Andrea) Hovey of Rapid City, S.D., Robert J. (Karen) Hovey of Rapid City, S.D., and William R. Hovey of Urbandale, Iowa; 6 grandchildren; and 2 great-grandchildren seven siblings, Elaine Pool of Denver, Colo., Robert (Janet) Kinsey of San Diego, Calif., Leah (Jack) Pyburn of Washington, N.C., William (Marlene) Kinsey of Columbus, Ohio, Tom (Susan) Kinsey of Huntington Beach, Calif., Janice (Mike) Sinclair of Des Moines, Wash., and Phillip (Lynda) Kinsey of Jupiter, Fla.

Preceded in death by: a brother, Richard Kinsey; and a sister, Jean Miner.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, August 24 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with burial in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, both in Waterloo. Public visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday at Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service on West Ridgeway where there will be a 4 p.m. Rosary and a 7 p.m. vigil service and will continue for one hour before services on Thursday.

Memorials may be directed to Sacred Heart Catholic Church.

SOURCE: Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service website


 

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