OBIT: Howard J. HOOVER, 1984, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  HOWARD J. HOOVER
  
    Howard J. Hoover, 84, of Sarasota, Fla., formerly of Somerset, died Jan.
  16, 1984, at East Manor Nursing Home, Sarasota, Fla.
    He was born July 22, 1899, in Meyersdale, son of the late Isah and
  Cordelia Hoover.
    He was preceded in death by his wife, Mata, in 1974; one sister, Agnes;
  and three half-brothers.
    He is survived by four daughters: Mrs. Dorothy Meyers of Meyersdale; Mrs.
  Thelma Nicholson, Cumberland, Md.; Mrs. Evelyn Glessner and Mrs. June
  Younkin, both of Sarasota, Fla.; 11 grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Jennie
  Trimpey of Jenners; three half-sisters: Mrs. Minerva Henratty, New Castle,
  Del.; Mrs. Arlene Hetz, and Mrs. Edna White, both of Meyersdale; two
  half-brothers: Freeman Schrock of Sarasota, Fla.; and Glen Hoover of
  Meyersdale.  He was a member of Somerset Church of the Brethren; retired
  coal miner by occupation.
    Friends will be received 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Wilbur
  D. Miller Funeral Home where funeral service will be conducted 10 a.m.
  Thursday with the Rev. Roger Forry officiating.  Interment, Somerset County
  Memorial Park.
  
  Meyersdale Republic, January 19, 1984
  
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