Hooley, Ernest Franklin (1916-2004)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2004 Aug 16 p. 12

Birth date: 1916 Jul 11

text of obituary:

ERNEST F. HOOLEY

Ernest Franklin Hooley, 87, of Goshen, Ind., died April 25 at his home. He was born July 11, 1916, to Noah and Sovilla (Blough) Hooley in Shipshewana.

He married Anna Grayce Miller on June 24, 1944, in LaGrange.

He attended grade school at Huff School, where he missed only two days of school in eight years. He graduated from Shipshewana High School in 1934. He attended Winter Bible School at Goshen College for four years and served in Civilian Public Service in Iowa and California.

He worked as a carpenter most of his life in the Shipshewana area. Prior to retirement he worked for Gerring Industries in Shipshewana. He moved to Goshen in 1987.

He was a member of Shore Mennonite Church in Shipshewana, where he served on many committees and taught Sunday school. After moving to Goshen, he regularly attended College Mennonite Church. He participated in service projects with Mennonite Disaster Service. He was a volunteer at Menno-Hof and enjoyed his woodworking shop, flower garden, traveling and putting together puzzles.

Survivors include his wife, Anna Grayce; four daughters, Rita Troyer of Goshen, Marsha Miller and her husband, Randy, of Elkhart, Cecilia Wyse and her husband, Duane, of Wauseon, Ohio, and Brenda Nebel and her husband, Brian, of Hesston, Kan.; two sons, Delmar and his wife, Joan, of Front Royal, Va., and Eric and his wife, Glenda, of Goshen; two sisters, Florence Rheinheimer of Shipshewana and Fern Showalter of Middlebury; a brother, LaVern Hooley of Shipshewana; 15 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren and three step-great-grandchildren.