Hoover, Jack L. 1928-2003

HOOVER, HINSHAW, EKLUND, MANNING, ARMSTRONG, ROBINSON, BODYK, GEVOCK, NELSON, PACK, KRON

Posted By: Debbie Nash (email)
Date: 11/15/2003 at 18:12:17

Jack L. Hoover
November 12, 2003

Jack L. Hoover, 75, of Richland died at 4:35 a.m., today, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2003, at Washington County Hospital following a lengthy illness.

The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Packwood Christian Church in Packwood, with the Rev. Harlan Van Voorst and the Rev. Dean Elmore officiating. Burial will be in Friends Cemetery in Richland.

Open visitation will begin at 3 p.m. Friday at Gould Funeral Home, with the family present from 7-8:30 p.m.

A memorial to the family has been established and may be left at the funeral home or mailed to the family at 309 E. Main St., Richland 52585.

Mr. Hoover was born Feb. 2, 1928, in Brighton, the son of Glen O. and Myra Hinshaw Hoover. He married Ruth C. Eklund Feb. 6, 1949, in Brighton. She died Aug. 12, 1999. He married Hattie L. Manning July 21, 2001, in Fairfield.

Mr. Hoover farmed as a young man then worked at American Chain and Cable in Fairfield and The Dexter Company before retiring in 1991.

He was a member of Packwood Christian Church.

Survivors include his wife; three sons, Dave Hoover and wife Linda of Houstonia, Mo., Bob Hoover and wife Linda of Mount Pleasant, and Jerry Hoover and wife Becky of Richland; 12 grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; one brother, Bob Hoover of Edwards, Mo.; two sisters, Ruth Armstrong of Middletown and Jean Robinson of Gigharbor, Wash.; four stepdaughters, Judy Bodyk of Oxford, Conn., Carol Gevock of Brighton, Joan Nelson of Camdenton, Mo., and Sherry Pack of Stockport; 14 stepgrandchildren; and eight stepgreat-grandchildren.

Besides his first wife, he was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Mary Julia in infancy and Jessie Kron; and two brothers, Jake and Rudy Hoover.

Courtesy of the Fairfield Daily Ledger Inc. 2003