OBIT: PFC William HOOVER, 1949, Rockwood, Somerset County, PA

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WILLIAM HOOVER

  The remains of Pfc. William Hoover, who was killed in action on Leyte Island 
in the Phillipines, will arrive in Rockwood Saturday, July 16.  He is the son of 
Mary E. Hoover, of Garrett RD 1.  His father was a veteran of World War I and 
died as a result of being gassed.
  Besides his mother, Pfc. Hoover is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Charles 
Fisher and Mrs. Charles Weyand, both of Garrett RD., and one brother, Troy 
Hoover of Erie.
  The body will be held at the Mills and Mickey Funeral Home, Rockwood, until 
Sunday, July 17.  Friends and relatives will gather in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery 
Sunday afternoon, where military rites will be held at 2 o'clock.

Meyersdale Republican, July 14, 1949