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Note: Wednesday, December 23, 1942 Herald-Press, Huntington, Indiana CHARLES HOOVER IS DEAD AT AGE OF 68 FUNERAL SERVICE SATURDAY 2 P.M. AT LANCASTER Charles Hoover, 68, Lancaster Township farmer, died at 7:25 a.m. Wednesday at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Young, 549 Etna Avenue. He had been seriously ill four months. Mr. Hoover was born in Lancaster Township, this county, March 7, 1874, to David and Lydia Ann Sours Hoover. His marriage was to Emma Rilla Hosler September 27 (28), 1899. Mrs. Hoover died December 8, 1927 (August 27, 1919). Surviving children are Claude Hoover, Mrs. Ruth Wamsley, Mrs. Lucile Truitt, Mrs. Zelma Golden, and Mrs. Fern Young, all of Huntington; Mark Hoover, Wabash, and Private Max Hoover, Camp Carson, Colorado. There are 17 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Mrs. Bertha Dolby, Lancaster Township, is a sister and Melvin Hoover, Lancaster Township, a brother. Two sisters, Nora and Della, and one grandchild, Thomas Ned Truitt, are dead. Mr. Hoover was a farmer residing five miles south of Huntington on the Lancaster Road. He was a member of the Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church. The body was returned to the Young home, 549 Etna Avenue, where friends may call. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Lancaster Church of the Brethren with the Rev. Paul Updike officiating assisted by the Rev. P. Virgil Harris. Burial will be at the Lancaster Cemetery. CHARLES HOOVER RITES ARE HELD AT LANCASTER Funeral services for Charles Hoover were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Lancaster Church of the Brethren with the Rev. Paul Updike and the Rev P. Virgil Harris officiating. Music was by Mr. and Mrs. Russell Friedley and Mary Bonewitz with Mrs. Virgil Friedley at the piano. Flowerbearers were Miss Norma Jean Wamsley, Miss Mary Lou Wamsley, Mrs. Louise Herrick, Miss Mae Hoover, Miss Maridean Hoover, Mrs. Betty Wood, Miss Donna Mae Golden, Miss Carolyn Ann Golden, Miss Margaret Shultz, Miss Doris Young, Miss Opal Dolby, Mrs. Lelah Watson, Mrs. Doris Keel, Robert Truitt, James Hoover, and Herbert Hoover. Pallbearers were Charles D. Hoover, Richard Wamsley, Jesse Herrick, Carl Hoover, Dean Dolby, and Robert Wood. Burial was in Lancaster Cemetery.
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