OBIT: Essington Rhodes HOOVER, 1934, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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ESSINGTON RHODES HOOVER

Of 1908 1/2 Fourth avenue, Altoona, a surveyor by occupation, died 
suddenly at 10.45 o'clock Sunday morning [November 11, 1934] at his 
home. Death was attributed to uremic poisoning. He was born April 14, 
1868, at Piney Creek, Pa., a son of Daniel and Eliza (Rhodes) Hoover. 
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Coradell (Shoenfelt) Hoover, and the 
following children: John of Hollidaysburg, Charles E. Hoover, Mrs. 
Lillian Langguth, Mrs. Grace Onkst, Robert P. Hoover, Mrs. Kathryn 
Snyder, Daniel Hoover and Frank Hoover, all of this city. The following 
brothers and sisters also survive: Newton Hoover and Daniel Hoover of 
Piney Creek, John Hoover and Mrs. Samuel Brumbaugh of Roaring Spring, 
Paul Hoover of Altoona and Homer Hoover of Philadelphia, and nine 
grandchildren. He was a member of the Christ Reformed church. Funeral 
services will be conducted at Christ Reformed church at Roaring Spring 
tomorrow afternoon at 2.30 o'clock in charge of the Rev. Gardner. 
Burial will be in Albright cemetery, Roaring Spring. The body may be 
viewed at the Mauk & Yates funeral home.

Blair County Genealogical Society, Archie Claar Obituary Collection, 
volume 1 (1934), pencil-dated Nov. 11, 1934