LEVI HOOVER
Aged Retired Carson Valley Farmer Dies
Levi Hoover, 91, oldest resident of Carson valley and oldest member of the Church of the Brethren there, died at his home near the head of the valley at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon after a week's illness. He had engaged in farming all his life. Mr. Hoover was born Feb. 1, 1861 in the house in which he died, a son of Jacob and Suzanne (Shadle) Hoover.
A life member of the Carson valley Church of the Brethren, he had served as a deacon of the congregation for more than 60 years.
Mr. Hoover was twice married, his first wife, Mrs. Mary (Strayer) Hoover, dying in 1907. In 1910 he married Alice(Burkhart) Brubaker*, who survives. Fourteen children were raised in the Hoover home. Surviving, in addition to Mrs. Hoover, are his children born to the first marriage:
Brice of Cross Keys, Jacob of Lakemont, Mrs. Grace Snyder of Akron, O., and Mrs. Catherine Ingram of California;
and children born to the second marriage: Mrs. May Tierney of Altoona, George, Mrs. Olive Beard, Mrs. Beatrice Shultz and Dean S. Hoover, all of Carson Valley: three step-children from Sylvester Brubaker and Alice, Homer Brubaker of Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Eva Merrits of Carson valley and Nelson Brubaker of near Burns underpass; 32 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Liebegott funeral home, Duncansville, from 7 o'clock this evening until noon Saturday and thereafter at the Carson Valley Church of the Brethren.
Additions to Altoona Mirror, March 27, 1952
* Levi Hoover and Mrs. Alice Brubaker; married Apr. 13, 1910. Alice is interred with her first husband.
Aged Retired Carson Valley Farmer Dies
Levi Hoover, 91, oldest resident of Carson valley and oldest member of the Church of the Brethren there, died at his home near the head of the valley at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon after a week's illness. He had engaged in farming all his life. Mr. Hoover was born Feb. 1, 1861 in the house in which he died, a son of Jacob and Suzanne (Shadle) Hoover.
A life member of the Carson valley Church of the Brethren, he had served as a deacon of the congregation for more than 60 years.
Mr. Hoover was twice married, his first wife, Mrs. Mary (Strayer) Hoover, dying in 1907. In 1910 he married Alice(Burkhart) Brubaker*, who survives. Fourteen children were raised in the Hoover home. Surviving, in addition to Mrs. Hoover, are his children born to the first marriage:
Brice of Cross Keys, Jacob of Lakemont, Mrs. Grace Snyder of Akron, O., and Mrs. Catherine Ingram of California;
and children born to the second marriage: Mrs. May Tierney of Altoona, George, Mrs. Olive Beard, Mrs. Beatrice Shultz and Dean S. Hoover, all of Carson Valley: three step-children from Sylvester Brubaker and Alice, Homer Brubaker of Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Eva Merrits of Carson valley and Nelson Brubaker of near Burns underpass; 32 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Liebegott funeral home, Duncansville, from 7 o'clock this evening until noon Saturday and thereafter at the Carson Valley Church of the Brethren.
Additions to Altoona Mirror, March 27, 1952
* Levi Hoover and Mrs. Alice Brubaker; married Apr. 13, 1910. Alice is interred with her first husband.
LEVI HOOVER
Aged Retired Carson Valley Farmer Dies
Levi Hoover, 91, oldest resident of Carson valley and oldest member of the Church of the Brethren there, died at his home near the head of the valley at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon after a week's illness. He had engaged in farming all his life. Mr. Hoover was born Feb. 1, 1861 in the house in which he died, a son of Jacob and Suzanne (Shadle) Hoover.
A life member of the Carson valley Church of the Brethren, he had served as a deacon of the congregation for more than 60 years.
Mr. Hoover was twice married, his first wife, Mrs. Mary (Strayer) Hoover, dying in 1907. In 1910 he married Alice(Burkhart) Brubaker*, who survives. Fourteen children were raised in the Hoover home. Surviving, in addition to Mrs. Hoover, are his children born to the first marriage:
Brice of Cross Keys, Jacob of Lakemont, Mrs. Grace Snyder of Akron, O., and Mrs. Catherine Ingram of California;
and children born to the second marriage: Mrs. May Tierney of Altoona, George, Mrs. Olive Beard, Mrs. Beatrice Shultz and Dean S. Hoover, all of Carson Valley: three step-children from Sylvester Brubaker and Alice, Homer Brubaker of Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Eva Merrits of Carson valley and Nelson Brubaker of near Burns underpass; 32 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Liebegott funeral home, Duncansville, from 7 o'clock this evening until noon Saturday and thereafter at the Carson Valley Church of the Brethren.
Additions to Altoona Mirror, March 27, 1952
* Levi Hoover and Mrs. Alice Brubaker; married Apr. 13, 1910. Alice is interred with her first husband.
Aged Retired Carson Valley Farmer Dies
Levi Hoover, 91, oldest resident of Carson valley and oldest member of the Church of the Brethren there, died at his home near the head of the valley at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon after a week's illness. He had engaged in farming all his life. Mr. Hoover was born Feb. 1, 1861 in the house in which he died, a son of Jacob and Suzanne (Shadle) Hoover.
A life member of the Carson valley Church of the Brethren, he had served as a deacon of the congregation for more than 60 years.
Mr. Hoover was twice married, his first wife, Mrs. Mary (Strayer) Hoover, dying in 1907. In 1910 he married Alice(Burkhart) Brubaker*, who survives. Fourteen children were raised in the Hoover home. Surviving, in addition to Mrs. Hoover, are his children born to the first marriage:
Brice of Cross Keys, Jacob of Lakemont, Mrs. Grace Snyder of Akron, O., and Mrs. Catherine Ingram of California;
and children born to the second marriage: Mrs. May Tierney of Altoona, George, Mrs. Olive Beard, Mrs. Beatrice Shultz and Dean S. Hoover, all of Carson Valley: three step-children from Sylvester Brubaker and Alice, Homer Brubaker of Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Eva Merrits of Carson valley and Nelson Brubaker of near Burns underpass; 32 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Liebegott funeral home, Duncansville, from 7 o'clock this evening until noon Saturday and thereafter at the Carson Valley Church of the Brethren.
Additions to Altoona Mirror, March 27, 1952
* Levi Hoover and Mrs. Alice Brubaker; married Apr. 13, 1910. Alice is interred with her first husband.
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