Hooley, Clarence D. (1919-2005)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2005 May 23 p. 8

Birth date: 1919 Oct 16

text of obituary:

CLARENCE D. HOOLEY

Clarence D. Hooley, 85, of North Lawrence, Ohio, died May 1, 2005. He was born Oct. 16, 1919, to David and Ella Horst Hooley on the Pleasant View farm near North Lawrence and lived there the majority of his life.

A graduate of Massillon Washington High School, he also earned a bachelor's of science degree in chemistry from Goshen (Ind.) College. After teaching and serving as principal at Kensington School for one semester, he entered Civilian Public Service in 1942. His first location was a forestry camp at Sidling Hill, Pa. Later he was moved to Mariboro, N.J., where he worked in the education department and the laboratory. There he met his wife, Nettie Classen Hooley. In July they would have been married 58 years.

He farmed and worked as chief medical technologist at Massillon State Hospital, retiring in 1981 after 35 and a half years.

He was a member of Pleasant View Mennonite Church, North Lawrence, where he served in a variety of roles including treasurer, Sunday school teacher and superintendent, on the building committee and board of elders. He was a member of the American Society of Medical Technologists, Ohio Inter-Mennonite Council on Aging and the local Parent Teacher Association. He served several terms on the board of Central Christian School in Kidron.

After retirement, he and Nettie gave a year of voluntary service to Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart and three months to Choctaw Christian Church in Louisvill, Miss. They also traveled extensively, visiting friends and family around the world.

Survivors include his wife, Nettie; three sons, David J. and his wife, Jane, of Leola, Pa., Donald E. and his wife, Mary Ina, of Bluffton, and Daniel R. and his wife, Julia, of Canton; and six grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by three siblings, Lucile, Elmo and Rhea.