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Dean Hoover
DEAN HOOVER
Walker
Dean M. Hoover, 87, of rural Walker, died Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, at the ABCM Rehabilitation
Center's West Campus in Independence.
Dean was born Feb. 5, 1927, the son of Lester R. and Dorothy P. (Oliphant) Hoover. He attended country schools near Rowley and Quasqueton. On Nov. 28, 1948, he was married to Daphane A. Dudley at Troy Mills Christian Church in Troy Mills. The family farmed in the Walker, Troy Mills and Quasqueton areas.
He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Daphane Hoover; four children, Deanice (Kenneth) Ludolph, Coggon, Donita (John) Casey, Brandon, Daniel (Angeline) Hoover, Troy Mills, and DeWayne Hoover, Walker; 11 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Dean was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter-in-law, Virginia Hoover; two sisters, Donna Wright and May Lou Latham; and a brother, Charles Hoover.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 1, at Hoover Wesleyan Church, Walker, with Dr. Rev. Charles Clark and the Rev. Jamie Wolf officiating. Interment will be at Circle Grove Cemetery, Walker. Friends may call from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Reiff Funeral Home & Crematory, Quasqueton, and 9 a.m. until services Monday at the church.
For more information or to leave an online condolence, please go to www.reifffuneralhome.com under obituaries.
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