Gordon E. Hoover
July 5, 1885-Nov. 29, 1974
Gordon E. Hoover, 89, of 109 N. 15th St., Niles, died at 1:20 p.m. Thursday in Pawating Hospital after an extended illness. A retired farmer, he was born July 5, 1885, in Cass County and lived in this area all of his life. His wife, the former Alma Korn, who he married Dec. 18, 1910 in Niles, died Oct. 24, 1972. Mr. Hoover is survived by a son, Lynn of South Bend; three daughters, Mrs. Leslie Rooks, Mrs. Donald Kessler and Mrs. Howard Blair, all of Niles; six grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Halbritter Funeral Home. The Rev. John R. Wyngarden pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will officiate and burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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