Elaine E. Hoover

Surrounded by her loving family, Elaine E. Hoover, Upper Sandusky, passed away in the emergency room at Wyandot Memorial Hospital at 9:00am, Sat, Mar 2, 2013. She was 72 years old. Born in Mexico, OH May 18, 1940, she was a daughter of Richard & Cozetta (Cross) Flechsenhar who are deceased. She married Ernest Hoover, Aug 14, 1960, at Dover Air Force Base, DE. He survives. Also surviving are daughters: Mylayne (Myra Miller), Hilliard; Valoria (Jeff Garascia), Dublin; Trisha (Leroy McCall), Upper Sandusky; a son, Joseph, Upper Sandusky; a grandson, Alexander “A.J.” Jacoby, Upper Sandusky; two granddaughters, Victoria “Tori” Garascia, Dublin and Presley Hoover, Wharton; step-grandchildren Justin McCall; Katelyn McCall and Trevor McCall, Forest; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by infant twin brothers and a sister, Diane (Richard) Widman. A member of the Transfiguration of the Lord Catholic Church, she was also a member of the first group of parishioners at St. Peter Church chosen to be lay ministers distributing the Holy Eucharist after Vatican II. Mrs. Hoover graduated from Sycamore High School and from The Ohio State University. She taught school at St. Peter Catholic School and the Upper Sandusky Schools for 22 years, retiring in 1999. She was a member of the Ohio and Wyandot County Retired Teachers’ Association, a charter member and past president of the Upper Sandusky Lioness Club; a member and first woman president of the Upper Sandusky Lions Club; served as District Diabetes Awareness Chairman; a member of Upper Sandusky Women of the Moose and past member of the Emblem Club and American Legion Auxiliary, Sycamore. She had served on the United Way Board of Directors and had been a participant in plays at the Star Theater. She loved to make patchwork quilts and Halloween costumes for her children, grandchildren and friends. Her artistic talents were always shown with drawings, paintings, and especially murals done for family. She was and avid reader and loved to write poetry. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Wed. Mar. 6, 2013 at 10:30AM in the Transfiguration of the Lord Catholic Church. Interment will follow in St Peter Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be held Tues. Mar. 5, 2013 from 4-8PM in Bringman Clark Funeral Home with a Catholic Prayer Service beginning at 3:45PM. Visit www.BringmanClark.com to send a condolence, share a memory or to view the Life Tribute Video. In lieu of flowers, the requests that donations be made to Transfiguration of the Lord Catholic Church, St Peter School, Upper Sandusky Lions Club, or the charity of the donor’s choice in care of Bringman Clark Funeral Home 226 East Wyandot Ave. Upper Sandusky, OH 43351.

Elaine E. Hoover

May 18, 1940 - March 2, 2013