PVT 51st IOWA INF SP AM WAR
Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa)
Thursday November 27, 1947 p. 1]
Deputy Sheriff Dies In Des Moines
G. W. Hook, Span. Amer. War Vet, Buried Monday
G. W. Hook of Bedford died at the Veterans Hospital in Des Moines, Friday, November 21, where he had been taken on the previous Wednesday following a heart attack.
The funeral services were held at the Wetmore Funeral Home Monday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Russell G. Nye. Burial was in the Fairview cemetery with the Masonic rites and military services being held at the grave.
George William Hook, son of William and Cynthia [Hopkins Barnett] Hook, was born in Lowry City, [St. Clair County] Missouri, December 27, 1871, being aged 75 years, 10 months and 24 days at the time of his death.
In 1888 he moved with his parents to Taylor County, Iowa, where he resided until his death. He spent two years in the U. S. Army at the time of the Spanish-American War. He was a member of Company I, 51st Iowa Infantry and served with credit from 1896 until 1900, when the regiment was returned home from the Philippine Islands and mustered out.
Shortly after his discharge from the Army, he was married to Miss Jessie Boyd of Bedford. Mrs. Hook passed away in 1911. Two of their children had preceded her in death. Surviving are: Mrs. H. [omer] L. Carson (Ruth) of Lincoln, Nebraska, Mrs. Joe Seabury (Mary) of Fort Collins, Colorado; and Mrs. Perry Chaney (Jessie) of San Fernando, California.
On January 22, 1917 he was married to Miss Edna E. Eckles. They were the parents of five children: George William, Jr. and Mrs. F. [loyd] W. [illiam] Miller (Betty Jane) of Billings, Montana; Mrs. Harry Hoch (Jeanne) of Los Angeles, California and James and Jack at home.
For a period of twenty years, Mr. Hook was engaged in the automobile business in Bedford. He was prominent in civic affairs and took an active part in political affairs of the county and state. For a number of years he served with the Federal Reserve Bank and at the time of his death, was serving as Deputy Sheriff of Taylor County.
He was a member of Bedford Lodge No. 156. A. F. & A. M. and a 32nd Degree Mason. For 47 years he was a member of the Methodist Church of Bedford and for a number of years served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Edna E. Hook of Bedford; eight children, nine grandchildren and one great grandchild; one sister, Mrs. H. A. Caughlan of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Maternal grandfather of Johnny Carson
Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa)
Thursday November 27, 1947 p. 1]
Deputy Sheriff Dies In Des Moines
G. W. Hook, Span. Amer. War Vet, Buried Monday
G. W. Hook of Bedford died at the Veterans Hospital in Des Moines, Friday, November 21, where he had been taken on the previous Wednesday following a heart attack.
The funeral services were held at the Wetmore Funeral Home Monday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Russell G. Nye. Burial was in the Fairview cemetery with the Masonic rites and military services being held at the grave.
George William Hook, son of William and Cynthia [Hopkins Barnett] Hook, was born in Lowry City, [St. Clair County] Missouri, December 27, 1871, being aged 75 years, 10 months and 24 days at the time of his death.
In 1888 he moved with his parents to Taylor County, Iowa, where he resided until his death. He spent two years in the U. S. Army at the time of the Spanish-American War. He was a member of Company I, 51st Iowa Infantry and served with credit from 1896 until 1900, when the regiment was returned home from the Philippine Islands and mustered out.
Shortly after his discharge from the Army, he was married to Miss Jessie Boyd of Bedford. Mrs. Hook passed away in 1911. Two of their children had preceded her in death. Surviving are: Mrs. H. [omer] L. Carson (Ruth) of Lincoln, Nebraska, Mrs. Joe Seabury (Mary) of Fort Collins, Colorado; and Mrs. Perry Chaney (Jessie) of San Fernando, California.
On January 22, 1917 he was married to Miss Edna E. Eckles. They were the parents of five children: George William, Jr. and Mrs. F. [loyd] W. [illiam] Miller (Betty Jane) of Billings, Montana; Mrs. Harry Hoch (Jeanne) of Los Angeles, California and James and Jack at home.
For a period of twenty years, Mr. Hook was engaged in the automobile business in Bedford. He was prominent in civic affairs and took an active part in political affairs of the county and state. For a number of years he served with the Federal Reserve Bank and at the time of his death, was serving as Deputy Sheriff of Taylor County.
He was a member of Bedford Lodge No. 156. A. F. & A. M. and a 32nd Degree Mason. For 47 years he was a member of the Methodist Church of Bedford and for a number of years served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Edna E. Hook of Bedford; eight children, nine grandchildren and one great grandchild; one sister, Mrs. H. A. Caughlan of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Maternal grandfather of Johnny Carson
PVT 51st IOWA INF SP AM WAR
Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa)
Thursday November 27, 1947 p. 1]
Deputy Sheriff Dies In Des Moines
G. W. Hook, Span. Amer. War Vet, Buried Monday
G. W. Hook of Bedford died at the Veterans Hospital in Des Moines, Friday, November 21, where he had been taken on the previous Wednesday following a heart attack.
The funeral services were held at the Wetmore Funeral Home Monday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Russell G. Nye. Burial was in the Fairview cemetery with the Masonic rites and military services being held at the grave.
George William Hook, son of William and Cynthia [Hopkins Barnett] Hook, was born in Lowry City, [St. Clair County] Missouri, December 27, 1871, being aged 75 years, 10 months and 24 days at the time of his death.
In 1888 he moved with his parents to Taylor County, Iowa, where he resided until his death. He spent two years in the U. S. Army at the time of the Spanish-American War. He was a member of Company I, 51st Iowa Infantry and served with credit from 1896 until 1900, when the regiment was returned home from the Philippine Islands and mustered out.
Shortly after his discharge from the Army, he was married to Miss Jessie Boyd of Bedford. Mrs. Hook passed away in 1911. Two of their children had preceded her in death. Surviving are: Mrs. H. [omer] L. Carson (Ruth) of Lincoln, Nebraska, Mrs. Joe Seabury (Mary) of Fort Collins, Colorado; and Mrs. Perry Chaney (Jessie) of San Fernando, California.
On January 22, 1917 he was married to Miss Edna E. Eckles. They were the parents of five children: George William, Jr. and Mrs. F. [loyd] W. [illiam] Miller (Betty Jane) of Billings, Montana; Mrs. Harry Hoch (Jeanne) of Los Angeles, California and James and Jack at home.
For a period of twenty years, Mr. Hook was engaged in the automobile business in Bedford. He was prominent in civic affairs and took an active part in political affairs of the county and state. For a number of years he served with the Federal Reserve Bank and at the time of his death, was serving as Deputy Sheriff of Taylor County.
He was a member of Bedford Lodge No. 156. A. F. & A. M. and a 32nd Degree Mason. For 47 years he was a member of the Methodist Church of Bedford and for a number of years served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Edna E. Hook of Bedford; eight children, nine grandchildren and one great grandchild; one sister, Mrs. H. A. Caughlan of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Maternal grandfather of Johnny Carson
Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa)
Thursday November 27, 1947 p. 1]
Deputy Sheriff Dies In Des Moines
G. W. Hook, Span. Amer. War Vet, Buried Monday
G. W. Hook of Bedford died at the Veterans Hospital in Des Moines, Friday, November 21, where he had been taken on the previous Wednesday following a heart attack.
The funeral services were held at the Wetmore Funeral Home Monday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Russell G. Nye. Burial was in the Fairview cemetery with the Masonic rites and military services being held at the grave.
George William Hook, son of William and Cynthia [Hopkins Barnett] Hook, was born in Lowry City, [St. Clair County] Missouri, December 27, 1871, being aged 75 years, 10 months and 24 days at the time of his death.
In 1888 he moved with his parents to Taylor County, Iowa, where he resided until his death. He spent two years in the U. S. Army at the time of the Spanish-American War. He was a member of Company I, 51st Iowa Infantry and served with credit from 1896 until 1900, when the regiment was returned home from the Philippine Islands and mustered out.
Shortly after his discharge from the Army, he was married to Miss Jessie Boyd of Bedford. Mrs. Hook passed away in 1911. Two of their children had preceded her in death. Surviving are: Mrs. H. [omer] L. Carson (Ruth) of Lincoln, Nebraska, Mrs. Joe Seabury (Mary) of Fort Collins, Colorado; and Mrs. Perry Chaney (Jessie) of San Fernando, California.
On January 22, 1917 he was married to Miss Edna E. Eckles. They were the parents of five children: George William, Jr. and Mrs. F. [loyd] W. [illiam] Miller (Betty Jane) of Billings, Montana; Mrs. Harry Hoch (Jeanne) of Los Angeles, California and James and Jack at home.
For a period of twenty years, Mr. Hook was engaged in the automobile business in Bedford. He was prominent in civic affairs and took an active part in political affairs of the county and state. For a number of years he served with the Federal Reserve Bank and at the time of his death, was serving as Deputy Sheriff of Taylor County.
He was a member of Bedford Lodge No. 156. A. F. & A. M. and a 32nd Degree Mason. For 47 years he was a member of the Methodist Church of Bedford and for a number of years served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Edna E. Hook of Bedford; eight children, nine grandchildren and one great grandchild; one sister, Mrs. H. A. Caughlan of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Maternal grandfather of Johnny Carson
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GEORGE W. HOOK
PVT. 51 IOWA INF.
SP. AM. WAR
DEC. 27, 1871 NOV. 21 1947
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