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OBITUARY:
LeRoy "Roy" Clarence Hoven
Age 93.
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Newspaper: Seattle ''Times''
Published: July 3-4, 2007
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If there is anything in Heaven that needs fixing, the man to do it has arrived. LeRoy "Roy" Clarence Hoven, 93, died June 4, 2007, leaving behind a garage filled with carefully arranged tools, a family filled with love, a neighborhood filled with gratitude, and a back room filled with funny Norwegian bumper stickers.
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Roy was born July 29, 1913, the fourth of five children, on a farm in Elk Point, SD, to Norwegian immigrant parents, Ludvig and Carrie Hoven. His South Dakota roots ran deep, and he told endless stories of his boyhood; swimming in Brule Creek (always pronounced "Crik"), creating mischief in his one-room school house while also winning the spelling bee, serving in CCC Camp in the Black Hills during the Depression, and building a pedal-powered airplane in his grandfather's blacksmith shop when he was seven. After marrying Maryan G. Sorensen in 1937 and moving to Seattle, he spent 40 years building real airplanes for "Boeings" as a widely recognized tool and die maker and a proud Machinists' Union member. Roy loved dancing with Maryan to the live Big Bands (Tommy Dorsey and Lawrence Welk) and hunting and fishing with his friends, brothers and nephews on Mt. St. Helens and out of Neah Bay as well as the Columbia River. He retired in 1978, but his hands and mind were never still. A perfectionist to his core, Roy didn't sleep much, he was too busy planning the next day's project. He loaned tools and "know-how" to everyone in the Shoreline neighborhood where he and Maryan lived for 60 years. Roy built the house they lived in and dug a bomb shelter under the house with a shovel and a wheel barrow in the 1950's to be sure HIS family "survived" the atomic blast! Over the years he built everything from furniture to rabbit hutches as well as a miniature version of his family farm including all of the farm implements. He maintained his positive outlook until the end, and no matter what his doctors told him, he always replied, "So in other words, I'm doing just fine." It was probably his daily 6:00 a.m. farmer's breakfast of greasy hash browns with bacon and eggs that kept him going strong into his 90s. No matter what happened, Roy always said, "All in all, it's been a good day." Well, Roy, Dad, Grandpa, Papa, all in all, yours was an everyday life to celebrate, one lived well. You will be deeply missed and always in our hearts.
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Roy is survived by his wife, Maryan; his daughter, Karen Hoven and her husband, Bob Johnson; his daughter, Christy Buren and her husband, Jim Hell; his granddaughter, Heather Triplett, her husband, Kurt, and their children, Matthew, Daniel and Meredith; his grandson, Ryan Hell; his grandson, Tyler Hell, his wife, Erin, their son, Malaki, and baby girl, Isabella, due in October.
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Roy and Maryan were 50-year members of Hope Lutheran Church until it closed and current members of Richmond Beach First Lutheran. At his request, a private family gathering will be held at a later date and remembrances may be made to Northwest Hospital.
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OBITUARY:
LeRoy "Roy" Clarence Hoven
Age 93.
.
Newspaper: Seattle ''Times''
Published: July 3-4, 2007
.
If there is anything in Heaven that needs fixing, the man to do it has arrived. LeRoy "Roy" Clarence Hoven, 93, died June 4, 2007, leaving behind a garage filled with carefully arranged tools, a family filled with love, a neighborhood filled with gratitude, and a back room filled with funny Norwegian bumper stickers.
.
Roy was born July 29, 1913, the fourth of five children, on a farm in Elk Point, SD, to Norwegian immigrant parents, Ludvig and Carrie Hoven. His South Dakota roots ran deep, and he told endless stories of his boyhood; swimming in Brule Creek (always pronounced "Crik"), creating mischief in his one-room school house while also winning the spelling bee, serving in CCC Camp in the Black Hills during the Depression, and building a pedal-powered airplane in his grandfather's blacksmith shop when he was seven. After marrying Maryan G. Sorensen in 1937 and moving to Seattle, he spent 40 years building real airplanes for "Boeings" as a widely recognized tool and die maker and a proud Machinists' Union member. Roy loved dancing with Maryan to the live Big Bands (Tommy Dorsey and Lawrence Welk) and hunting and fishing with his friends, brothers and nephews on Mt. St. Helens and out of Neah Bay as well as the Columbia River. He retired in 1978, but his hands and mind were never still. A perfectionist to his core, Roy didn't sleep much, he was too busy planning the next day's project. He loaned tools and "know-how" to everyone in the Shoreline neighborhood where he and Maryan lived for 60 years. Roy built the house they lived in and dug a bomb shelter under the house with a shovel and a wheel barrow in the 1950's to be sure HIS family "survived" the atomic blast! Over the years he built everything from furniture to rabbit hutches as well as a miniature version of his family farm including all of the farm implements. He maintained his positive outlook until the end, and no matter what his doctors told him, he always replied, "So in other words, I'm doing just fine." It was probably his daily 6:00 a.m. farmer's breakfast of greasy hash browns with bacon and eggs that kept him going strong into his 90s. No matter what happened, Roy always said, "All in all, it's been a good day." Well, Roy, Dad, Grandpa, Papa, all in all, yours was an everyday life to celebrate, one lived well. You will be deeply missed and always in our hearts.
.
Roy is survived by his wife, Maryan; his daughter, Karen Hoven and her husband, Bob Johnson; his daughter, Christy Buren and her husband, Jim Hell; his granddaughter, Heather Triplett, her husband, Kurt, and their children, Matthew, Daniel and Meredith; his grandson, Ryan Hell; his grandson, Tyler Hell, his wife, Erin, their son, Malaki, and baby girl, Isabella, due in October.
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Roy and Maryan were 50-year members of Hope Lutheran Church until it closed and current members of Richmond Beach First Lutheran. At his request, a private family gathering will be held at a later date and remembrances may be made to Northwest Hospital.
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OBITUARY:
LeRoy "Roy" Clarence Hoven
Age 93.
.
Newspaper: Seattle ''Times''
Published: July 3-4, 2007
.
If there is anything in Heaven that needs fixing, the man to do it has arrived. LeRoy "Roy" Clarence Hoven, 93, died June 4, 2007, leaving behind a garage filled with carefully arranged tools, a family filled with love, a neighborhood filled with gratitude, and a back room filled with funny Norwegian bumper stickers.
.
Roy was born July 29, 1913, the fourth of five children, on a farm in Elk Point, SD, to Norwegian immigrant parents, Ludvig and Carrie Hoven. His South Dakota roots ran deep, and he told endless stories of his boyhood; swimming in Brule Creek (always pronounced "Crik"), creating mischief in his one-room school house while also winning the spelling bee, serving in CCC Camp in the Black Hills during the Depression, and building a pedal-powered airplane in his grandfather's blacksmith shop when he was seven. After marrying Maryan G. Sorensen in 1937 and moving to Seattle, he spent 40 years building real airplanes for "Boeings" as a widely recognized tool and die maker and a proud Machinists' Union member. Roy loved dancing with Maryan to the live Big Bands (Tommy Dorsey and Lawrence Welk) and hunting and fishing with his friends, brothers and nephews on Mt. St. Helens and out of Neah Bay as well as the Columbia River. He retired in 1978, but his hands and mind were never still. A perfectionist to his core, Roy didn't sleep much, he was too busy planning the next day's project. He loaned tools and "know-how" to everyone in the Shoreline neighborhood where he and Maryan lived for 60 years. Roy built the house they lived in and dug a bomb shelter under the house with a shovel and a wheel barrow in the 1950's to be sure HIS family "survived" the atomic blast! Over the years he built everything from furniture to rabbit hutches as well as a miniature version of his family farm including all of the farm implements. He maintained his positive outlook until the end, and no matter what his doctors told him, he always replied, "So in other words, I'm doing just fine." It was probably his daily 6:00 a.m. farmer's breakfast of greasy hash browns with bacon and eggs that kept him going strong into his 90s. No matter what happened, Roy always said, "All in all, it's been a good day." Well, Roy, Dad, Grandpa, Papa, all in all, yours was an everyday life to celebrate, one lived well. You will be deeply missed and always in our hearts.
.
Roy is survived by his wife, Maryan; his daughter, Karen Hoven and her husband, Bob Johnson; his daughter, Christy Buren and her husband, Jim Hell; his granddaughter, Heather Triplett, her husband, Kurt, and their children, Matthew, Daniel and Meredith; his grandson, Ryan Hell; his grandson, Tyler Hell, his wife, Erin, their son, Malaki, and baby girl, Isabella, due in October.
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Roy and Maryan were 50-year members of Hope Lutheran Church until it closed and current members of Richmond Beach First Lutheran. At his request, a private family gathering will be held at a later date and remembrances may be made to Northwest Hospital.
.
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-- -- -- -- --
OBITUARY:
LeRoy "Roy" Clarence Hoven
Age 93.
.
Newspaper: Seattle ''Times''
Published: July 3-4, 2007
.
If there is anything in Heaven that needs fixing, the man to do it has arrived. LeRoy "Roy" Clarence Hoven, 93, died June 4, 2007, leaving behind a garage filled with carefully arranged tools, a family filled with love, a neighborhood filled with gratitude, and a back room filled with funny Norwegian bumper stickers.
.
Roy was born July 29, 1913, the fourth of five children, on a farm in Elk Point, SD, to Norwegian immigrant parents, Ludvig and Carrie Hoven. His South Dakota roots ran deep, and he told endless stories of his boyhood; swimming in Brule Creek (always pronounced "Crik"), creating mischief in his one-room school house while also winning the spelling bee, serving in CCC Camp in the Black Hills during the Depression, and building a pedal-powered airplane in his grandfather's blacksmith shop when he was seven. After marrying Maryan G. Sorensen in 1937 and moving to Seattle, he spent 40 years building real airplanes for "Boeings" as a widely recognized tool and die maker and a proud Machinists' Union member. Roy loved dancing with Maryan to the live Big Bands (Tommy Dorsey and Lawrence Welk) and hunting and fishing with his friends, brothers and nephews on Mt. St. Helens and out of Neah Bay as well as the Columbia River. He retired in 1978, but his hands and mind were never still. A perfectionist to his core, Roy didn't sleep much, he was too busy planning the next day's project. He loaned tools and "know-how" to everyone in the Shoreline neighborhood where he and Maryan lived for 60 years. Roy built the house they lived in and dug a bomb shelter under the house with a shovel and a wheel barrow in the 1950's to be sure HIS family "survived" the atomic blast! Over the years he built everything from furniture to rabbit hutches as well as a miniature version of his family farm including all of the farm implements. He maintained his positive outlook until the end, and no matter what his doctors told him, he always replied, "So in other words, I'm doing just fine." It was probably his daily 6:00 a.m. farmer's breakfast of greasy hash browns with bacon and eggs that kept him going strong into his 90s. No matter what happened, Roy always said, "All in all, it's been a good day." Well, Roy, Dad, Grandpa, Papa, all in all, yours was an everyday life to celebrate, one lived well. You will be deeply missed and always in our hearts.
.
Roy is survived by his wife, Maryan; his daughter, Karen Hoven and her husband, Bob Johnson; his daughter, Christy Buren and her husband, Jim Hell; his granddaughter, Heather Triplett, her husband, Kurt, and their children, Matthew, Daniel and Meredith; his grandson, Ryan Hell; his grandson, Tyler Hell, his wife, Erin, their son, Malaki, and baby girl, Isabella, due in October.
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Roy and Maryan were 50-year members of Hope Lutheran Church until it closed and current members of Richmond Beach First Lutheran. At his request, a private family gathering will be held at a later date and remembrances may be made to Northwest Hospital.
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