Roger Mills Co. - Obit for Marie Annabelle Sterne Hoover

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Obit for Marie Annabelle Sterne Hoover

Marie Annabelle Sterne was born December 28, 1879 in Miami, Missouri.  She was 
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Sterne.  With her family she moved to 
Oklahoma December 14, 1889, and settled in the Mulhall community where she grew 
to womanhood.

On March 1, 1896, she was united in marriage to Arnold Dell Hoover.  To this 
union one daughtger was born, who died in infancy.  Following their marriage,  they 
lived in Roger Mills County and established a home.  While living in Roger Mills, Mrs. 
Hoover taught school and was a leader in church and community activities, bieng 
especially interested in those activities involving the youth of the county.

Following the death of her husband in 1933, she moved to Stillwater where she 
lived until 1946.  In Stillwater Mrs. Hoover was a counselor and hostess for boys.

From Stillwater she moved to Mulhall.  Her interests in education and youth 
continued though her activities in later life were curtailed by physical disabilities.

She was a member of the Methodist church, the Rebekah Lodge, and attended Oklahoma 
State University.

Survivors include on brother, F.H. Sterne, Stillwater; four nieces, Bertha Johnson,
Stillwater, Henryetta Baker, Guthrie, Elmina Sylvester, Mulhall and Hazel Blasier, 
Lockport, Illinois; an uncle, A.G. Williamson, Edmond; and a number of cousins and 
other relative and many friends, all of whom will miss her.

Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK