Arthur F. Hooper,
ex-insurance man
VICKSBURG - Arthur Frederick Hooper, 61, a retired insurance adjuster, died of a heart attack Thursday in the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. Services are 10 a.m. today at Fisher Riles Funeral Home with burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Mr. Hooper, a native of Braintree, Mass., had lived in Vicksburg since 1961. He was a U.S. Navy veteran and was an insurance aduster for more than 22 years before reiring in 1976. He was a member of teh Crawford Street United Methodist Church and the Vicksburg Paddlewheelers square dance club. "He was the last person I would have thought to have been interested in square dancing because he grew up in New England," said his daughter, Peggy Rich of Macon, Ga. "When when they got involved, they made so many good friends. They wore square dance outfits and he wore his western belt. "When I was growing up, I perceived him as the strong silent type of father, but when his grandchildren came along he really opened up tremendously, "Rich said. "He could fix anything. He could rewire things and build things like bookshelves. He built a coffee table one time. He made furniture out of PVC pipe that was real neat," she said. Frederick L. "Rick" Hooper of Monroe, La., described his father as "a fun-loving person." "He loved to get out and talk with people. He was creative. Everybody seemed to like him real well," he said. "He was all teh time building things. I think one of the last things he built was a little chair that went in teh tree where the squirrels could sit," his son said. "He would put corn cobs up there and the squirrels would sit on on a bench and twirl them around with their mouths." His daughter Linda Feibleman moved back to Vicksburg when she divorced six years ago to he near her parents. "He had taken care of my kids since I had been back here. He had a special relationship with my two children, Rick and Leanne ... He used to pick up my little girl from school. She would say she hadn't had anything to drink all day and he would say, "You look like you could use an Icee." They would get one every day. He would take her down and they would look at the boats on the Mississippi River every day," she said. Other surviors include: wife, Lorraine; sister, Dorothy H. Fedde of Perkiomenville, Pa.; brother, William G. Hooper Jr. of Wilmington, Mass.; and five grandchildren.
Clarion-Ledger: Jan 5, 1991
ex-insurance man
VICKSBURG - Arthur Frederick Hooper, 61, a retired insurance adjuster, died of a heart attack Thursday in the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. Services are 10 a.m. today at Fisher Riles Funeral Home with burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Mr. Hooper, a native of Braintree, Mass., had lived in Vicksburg since 1961. He was a U.S. Navy veteran and was an insurance aduster for more than 22 years before reiring in 1976. He was a member of teh Crawford Street United Methodist Church and the Vicksburg Paddlewheelers square dance club. "He was the last person I would have thought to have been interested in square dancing because he grew up in New England," said his daughter, Peggy Rich of Macon, Ga. "When when they got involved, they made so many good friends. They wore square dance outfits and he wore his western belt. "When I was growing up, I perceived him as the strong silent type of father, but when his grandchildren came along he really opened up tremendously, "Rich said. "He could fix anything. He could rewire things and build things like bookshelves. He built a coffee table one time. He made furniture out of PVC pipe that was real neat," she said. Frederick L. "Rick" Hooper of Monroe, La., described his father as "a fun-loving person." "He loved to get out and talk with people. He was creative. Everybody seemed to like him real well," he said. "He was all teh time building things. I think one of the last things he built was a little chair that went in teh tree where the squirrels could sit," his son said. "He would put corn cobs up there and the squirrels would sit on on a bench and twirl them around with their mouths." His daughter Linda Feibleman moved back to Vicksburg when she divorced six years ago to he near her parents. "He had taken care of my kids since I had been back here. He had a special relationship with my two children, Rick and Leanne ... He used to pick up my little girl from school. She would say she hadn't had anything to drink all day and he would say, "You look like you could use an Icee." They would get one every day. He would take her down and they would look at the boats on the Mississippi River every day," she said. Other surviors include: wife, Lorraine; sister, Dorothy H. Fedde of Perkiomenville, Pa.; brother, William G. Hooper Jr. of Wilmington, Mass.; and five grandchildren.
Clarion-Ledger: Jan 5, 1991
Arthur F. Hooper,
ex-insurance man
VICKSBURG - Arthur Frederick Hooper, 61, a retired insurance adjuster, died of a heart attack Thursday in the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. Services are 10 a.m. today at Fisher Riles Funeral Home with burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Mr. Hooper, a native of Braintree, Mass., had lived in Vicksburg since 1961. He was a U.S. Navy veteran and was an insurance aduster for more than 22 years before reiring in 1976. He was a member of teh Crawford Street United Methodist Church and the Vicksburg Paddlewheelers square dance club. "He was the last person I would have thought to have been interested in square dancing because he grew up in New England," said his daughter, Peggy Rich of Macon, Ga. "When when they got involved, they made so many good friends. They wore square dance outfits and he wore his western belt. "When I was growing up, I perceived him as the strong silent type of father, but when his grandchildren came along he really opened up tremendously, "Rich said. "He could fix anything. He could rewire things and build things like bookshelves. He built a coffee table one time. He made furniture out of PVC pipe that was real neat," she said. Frederick L. "Rick" Hooper of Monroe, La., described his father as "a fun-loving person." "He loved to get out and talk with people. He was creative. Everybody seemed to like him real well," he said. "He was all teh time building things. I think one of the last things he built was a little chair that went in teh tree where the squirrels could sit," his son said. "He would put corn cobs up there and the squirrels would sit on on a bench and twirl them around with their mouths." His daughter Linda Feibleman moved back to Vicksburg when she divorced six years ago to he near her parents. "He had taken care of my kids since I had been back here. He had a special relationship with my two children, Rick and Leanne ... He used to pick up my little girl from school. She would say she hadn't had anything to drink all day and he would say, "You look like you could use an Icee." They would get one every day. He would take her down and they would look at the boats on the Mississippi River every day," she said. Other surviors include: wife, Lorraine; sister, Dorothy H. Fedde of Perkiomenville, Pa.; brother, William G. Hooper Jr. of Wilmington, Mass.; and five grandchildren.
Clarion-Ledger: Jan 5, 1991
ex-insurance man
VICKSBURG - Arthur Frederick Hooper, 61, a retired insurance adjuster, died of a heart attack Thursday in the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. Services are 10 a.m. today at Fisher Riles Funeral Home with burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Mr. Hooper, a native of Braintree, Mass., had lived in Vicksburg since 1961. He was a U.S. Navy veteran and was an insurance aduster for more than 22 years before reiring in 1976. He was a member of teh Crawford Street United Methodist Church and the Vicksburg Paddlewheelers square dance club. "He was the last person I would have thought to have been interested in square dancing because he grew up in New England," said his daughter, Peggy Rich of Macon, Ga. "When when they got involved, they made so many good friends. They wore square dance outfits and he wore his western belt. "When I was growing up, I perceived him as the strong silent type of father, but when his grandchildren came along he really opened up tremendously, "Rich said. "He could fix anything. He could rewire things and build things like bookshelves. He built a coffee table one time. He made furniture out of PVC pipe that was real neat," she said. Frederick L. "Rick" Hooper of Monroe, La., described his father as "a fun-loving person." "He loved to get out and talk with people. He was creative. Everybody seemed to like him real well," he said. "He was all teh time building things. I think one of the last things he built was a little chair that went in teh tree where the squirrels could sit," his son said. "He would put corn cobs up there and the squirrels would sit on on a bench and twirl them around with their mouths." His daughter Linda Feibleman moved back to Vicksburg when she divorced six years ago to he near her parents. "He had taken care of my kids since I had been back here. He had a special relationship with my two children, Rick and Leanne ... He used to pick up my little girl from school. She would say she hadn't had anything to drink all day and he would say, "You look like you could use an Icee." They would get one every day. He would take her down and they would look at the boats on the Mississippi River every day," she said. Other surviors include: wife, Lorraine; sister, Dorothy H. Fedde of Perkiomenville, Pa.; brother, William G. Hooper Jr. of Wilmington, Mass.; and five grandchildren.
Clarion-Ledger: Jan 5, 1991
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