Hoover, Ernest R. (1922-2004)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2004 Dec 27 p. 8

Birth date: 1922 Jun 29

text of obituary:

ERNEST R. HOOVER

Ernest R. Hoover, 82, of Goshen, Ind., died Nov. 13, 2004. He had been ill with bone cancer since January. He was born June 29, 1922, to Warren D. and Nettie (Martin) Hoover in Elkhart County.

He graduated from Concord High School in 1940. He was baptized in his youth at Wisler Mennonite Church, where he was a faithful member.

He married Lizzie L. Martin on Jan. 25, 1948.

He was a dairy farmer. In his later years he enjoyed working in the woods, cutting firewood and cooking maple syrup.

Survivors include his wife, Lizzie; six daughters, Elaine Martin and her husband, Henry, Ethel Hoover, and Vera Witmer and her husband, Dean, all of Goshen, Edna Miller and her husband, David, and Elsie Martin and her husband, Wayne, of Sanilac County, Michigan, and Rita Martin and her husband, Ronald, of Nappanee; two sons, LaVerne and his wife, Virginia, and Marlin and his wife, Berdena, both of Elkhart; three sisters, Esther J. Schrock of Goshen, Florence L. Hoover of Elkhart and Carol E. Hoover of Plymouth; 54 grandchildren and 34 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a son, Loren, on Oct. 24, 1986; a great-granddaughter, Roselyn Nusbaum; four brothers, infant Adin, Arthur M., Martin E. and Joseph R. Hoover; and a sister, Martha May Hoover.

Funeral services were held at Yellow Creek Wisler Mennonite Church. Burial was in the church cemetery.