Fri. Mar 29th, 2024

Mrs. Margaret R. Hoover, 83, formerly of RD 1, Sinking Valley, Tyrone, died at 6:10 a.m. Wednesday, January 11, 2006 at Beverly Healthcare-Hillview, Altoona.
She was born April 22, 1922 at Bridgeport, a daughter of Michael and Mary (Homzik) Hustak.
She was married May 1, 1945 in North Carolina to Charles F. Hoover who died in 1988.
She is survived by three sons: Dennis Michael Hoover and wife Carol of Sinking Valley, Charles L. Hoover of Alexandria and Brian Hoover and his wife Barbara of Huntingdon; eight grandchildren; two great-grandchildren and one brother, George Hustak of Bordentown, N.J.
She was preceded in death by four sisters and three brothers.
She was a member of St. Matthew R.C. Church, Tyrone, and a graduate of Bridgeport High School in 1940.
She enjoyed reading and watching movies and time with her grandchildren.
She and her husband operated a dairy farm in Sinking Valley for many years and she helped her son Brian at Raystown Podiatry until her health failed.
Friends will be received at the Derman Funeral Home, Inc., Tyrone on Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. where a Wake Service will be held at 8 p.m.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Saturday, January 14, 2006 at 11 a.m. at St. Matthew Church, Tyrone, with Fr. Joseph T. Orr as Celebrant. Interment will follow at Oak Grove Cemetery.

By Rick