The Work Of Death.
Mrs. E. C. Hoover.
Mrs. Emma Hays Hoover, a native of Wolfsville, Frederick county, wife of Prof. Edwin C. Hoover, died on Wednesday night, December 20, from an operation for fibroid tumor of the abdomen performed at the Rogers House, at Basin, Wyo., aged 46 years. She was in ill-health for about two years and seriously ill two weeks. The entire family were present when she died. Mrs. Hoover was a daughter of the late John Otho Hays, who attained considerable prominence because of his more than half a century of service as a public school teacher at Wolfsville, and formerly lived in Hagerstown. After the death of her brother, Calvin Hays, who owned a large ranch near Basin, Wyo., Prof. Hoover and family removed to Basin, where he was principal of the Basin public school for some time and later conducted a ranch. Surviving are her mother, Mrs. Hays and brother, Eugene Hays, Wolfsville; husband, children, Ralph, at Basin; Mrs. Emma Ray Maler, Worland, Wyo.; Ivy May, at home. A daughter, Maude, died at Basin in 1903. The funeral took place December 31, with services in the Methodist church at Basin, by Rev. H. E. Shepherd, and interment was made in the new cemetery at Basin.
The Work Of Death.
Mrs. E. C. Hoover.
Mrs. Emma Hays Hoover, a native of Wolfsville, Frederick county, wife of Prof. Edwin C. Hoover, died on Wednesday night, December 20, from an operation for fibroid tumor of the abdomen performed at the Rogers House, at Basin, Wyo., aged 46 years. She was in ill-health for about two years and seriously ill two weeks. The entire family were present when she died. Mrs. Hoover was a daughter of the late John Otho Hays, who attained considerable prominence because of his more than half a century of service as a public school teacher at Wolfsville, and formerly lived in Hagerstown. After the death of her brother, Calvin Hays, who owned a large ranch near Basin, Wyo., Prof. Hoover and family removed to Basin, where he was principal of the Basin public school for some time and later conducted a ranch. Surviving are her mother, Mrs. Hays and brother, Eugene Hays, Wolfsville; husband, children, Ralph, at Basin; Mrs. Emma Ray Maler, Worland, Wyo.; Ivy May, at home. A daughter, Maude, died at Basin in 1903. The funeral took place December 31, with services in the Methodist church at Basin, by Rev. H. E. Shepherd, and interment was made in the new cemetery at Basin.
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