HOYE, Charles Emmett 1915-2003

HOYE, FARRELL, JORDAN

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/1/2009 at 12:51:31

Charles Hoye, 87, a resident of 302 North Grand Avenue, Charles City, formerly of Osage, died Wednesday, April 23, 2003, at the Floyd County Memorial Hospital in Charles City.

A funeral Mass for Charles Hoye will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Charles City. Msgr. Stanley Hayek, pastor, will celebrate the Mass. Burial will be in Sunnyside Memory Gardens rural Charles City. The Charles City Ceremonial Unit will conduct military honors.

Friends may call at the Hauser Funeral Home in Charles City from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday where there will be a Vigil Scriptural Wake service at 7 p.m. Visitation will continue at the church an hour prior to the Mass.

Charles Emmett Hoye was born Sept. 23, 1915, at Jackson Junction, the son of James and Ella (Farrell) Hoye. He received his education from the Jackson Junction and Waucoma schools. Charles served in the United States Army during World War II with the 733rd Field Artillery.

On Feb. 4, 1950, he was united in marriage to Doris Jordan at Galena, IL. Doris died on Nov. 12, 1983. Charles married Emma McInroy on March 5, 1988. Charles worked at the Oliver Corporation and White Farm Equipment Company for 25 years. He was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, V.F.W., and Disabled American Veterans. One of his greatest joys was attending the annual reunion of the 733rd Field Artillery held at Hartford, Conn.

Living family members include his wife, Emma McInroy of Charles City, five stepsons, Edmund (Carol) Maschek of Charles City, Keith (Gayle) McInroy of Charles City, Orville (Lisa) McInroy of Robbins, James (Marilyn) McInroy of Hiawatha, and Jerry (Jane) McInroy of Norway; a stepdaughter, Sondra (Larry) Fain of New Hampton, and several step grandchildren and step great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, first wife, Doris, and a brother.