Nathanael Jon-Steven Hoover "Nate" 


Big Bear Lake, San Bernardino County, CA
Published in the "Big Bear Grizzly" Thursday, October 20, 2005 5:02 PM PDT
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Nathanael Jon-Steven Hoover "Nate" Born Dec. 2, 1982, our precious son who we were blessed 
with for 22 years passed Oct. 14, 2005. Son of Pam and Steve Hoover, beloved big brother to 
Ben and Fonda Hoover. His loving gramma Gerie Harris and a whole big brood of aunts and uncles 
and cousins who live all over this country, but are with him in heart. Born and raised in Big 
Bear, his greatest passion was BMX racing and jumping, building jumps all over this Valley. 
His love for snow skiing started at the age of five with the Park District's "B" program, and 
he achieved the big red "B." Took him three seasons to get it.

Born to construct, he helped his neighbor Richard Robinson build his dome house at the age of 
five. He graduated to building with Mike Joha when he was 18. He considered Mike and his family 
an extended family of his own and looked up to Mike for advice on life. From here, he worked 
with Rick Babin and his crew. Rick gave Nathan the encouragement and trust to extend his talents 
to work toward being a master craftsman. For that, we are, and Nathan is, so very grateful. We 
will all miss him so very much, words can't say. May he find the perfect hill - our love will 
never die.

A celebration of Nathan's life will be on Friday, Oct. 21, at the Snow Summit Inn at the base of 
Snow Summit from 4 to 6 p.m. We wholeheartedly would love to see all of his friends come and 
share memories.

If donations would like to be made in his memory, please donate to the Big Bear Valley 
Recreational Park District (BBVRPD) Ski Park Program, P.O. Box 2832, Big Bear Lake, CA 92315 or 
the Adaptive Ski Program (USARC), P.O. Box 2897, Big Bear Lake, CA 92315.

Love you Nater.