Richard M. HOYT

HOYT, MECHEM, SHOCKLEY, SMITH, REED

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 7/4/2007 at 12:37:35

October 5, 2006

Richard M. "Dick" Hoyt, 85, of North Mankato, Minnesota, died on Tuesday, September 26, 2006, at the Immanuel-St. Joseph's Hospital in Mankato. Funeral services were held on Saturday, September 30, at the Woodland Hills Chapel, Mankato, Minnesota. Rev. Randy Koppen officiated at the 11:00 a.m. service. Interment was in the Woodland Hills Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to the American Heart Association, Hospice, or to the donor's choice.

Richard M. "Dick" Hoyt, was born on October 22, 1920 in Clarion, the son of Harold and Mary (Mechem) Hoyt. He graduated from the Clarion High School in 1937 and entered the U.S. Army in February 1941. He served with the 1st Filipino Infantry in New Guinea and the Philippines in 1944-1945. He was released from active duty in December 1945. Dick married Marnie Shockley of Ames at Ft. Ord, California on November 7, 1942. They moved to Mankato in June of 1953 where he was employed by the Free Press Commercial Printing Department and later by the Mankato Corporation. Dick's hobbies were golf and growing roses. He and Marnie had been members of the Mankato Rose Society, the Minnesota Rose Society, and the American Rose Society. He was a Life Consulting Rosarian in the ARS. They enjoyed showing roses at rose shows in the North Central District in Minnesota and Wisconsin. After retiring in 1986, he took up golf again after a 30-year layoff. He was a member of the American Legion Post #11 and a life member of the V.F.W. Post #950, and World War II Last Man Club.

He is survived by his wife, Marnie of North Mankato, Minnesota; one daughter, Sandi Smith and husband, Mike of Milaca, Minnesota; three sons, Steve Hoyt of Mission Viejo, California, Brian Hoyt and wife, Suzette of Overland Park, Kansas and Denny Hoyt and wife, Debra of Ames; a daughter-in-law, Patsy Hoyt; one sister, Frances Reed of Burlington, Iowa; nine grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Michael; and one great-granddaughter.

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