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Iroquois County Times

Watseka, IL

January 26, 1878

A Weary Worker at Rest

Jacob Hoober was born Nov. 12th, 1824, in Frederick Co., Old Virginia, from which his father removed, when he was about three years of age, to Ohio. He was married in 1843 to Elizabeth J. Miles, who continued to be his faithful companion until his death.

In 1846 he commenced working at the blacksmith trade in Ross Co., Ohio, having previously been a farmer. He removed in 1849 to Fayette Co., Ohio, In 1861 he joined the Protestant Methodist Church, and thence forward lived the life of a faithful Christian. In 1863 he came to Indiana, where he bought a farm, to which he removed in the following year, and where he remained until his coming to Illinois in 1869, and located near Watseka. The remaining part of his career is well known to the citizens of this place.

On the tenth day of December he and his wife started for Kansas to visit one of their sons. He had not been well for some time before starting. Soon after arriving at his destination he was taken with a severe attack of sore throat with fever. On the 10th day of January he died, leaving a wife and three children. His remains were brought back to Watseka for interment.

Mr. Hoober was a man of quiet and unostentatious manners, a good citizen and neighbor, and possessed those sterling qualities of character which make a man valuable to a community.

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MRS. EMMA HOOBER LIFELONG WATSEKA RESIDENT DIES

Mrs. Emma Hoober, 89, lifelong resident of Watseka and community, dies at 6 p.m. Saturday at the family residence on South Third Street following a short illness.

Mrs. Hoober was the daughter of Abel and Serena Burrough, the former a civil war veteran who lost his life in the Siege of Vicksburg.

She was first married to Henry Bolm, who died several years ago. Her second marriage was to Richard U. Hoober, a Civil War veteran and pioneer businessman of Watseka.

She is survived by three children, Mrs. James O. Bailey, Mrs. Christie Meents, both of Watseka, and Warren G. Hoober of Jacksonville Fla.; a twin sister, Mrs. Ella Reynolds of Iroquois, two granddaughters and one great-granddaughter.

Mrs. Hoober also reared a step-daughter, Eva O. Rex, and after her death, reared her son, George E. Rex Jr., now of Kansas City Missouri.

Mrs. Hoober was a member of the Christian Church and a charter member of the Women's Relief Corp. She was also active in other civic organizations.

Funeral rites were conducted Monday at 3p.m. at the Eastburn Funeral Home, the Rev. Ward Humphries, pastor of the Christian Church, officiating. Interment in G.A.R. cemetery.

Piano hymns were furnished by Mrs. Mildred Mosher, longtime friend of the family.

; license issue reported in the 7 JUL 1965 edition of The Sentinel (Carlisle, PA), page 6 (Newspapers.com).

Obituary – The Morning Call, Allentown, Pennsylvania; Wednesday, 6 DEC 1978, page D7 (Newspapers.com):

Mrs. Lucille Stoner

Mrs. Lucille H. Stoner, 41, of Dover, York County, died Saturday in the University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia.

She was an elementary school teacher in Kralltown, York County.

She was a member of First Church of the Brethren, York, where she was a former director of the children’s choir.

Born in Lower Salford Township, Montgomery County, she was a daughter of Carroll D. Hendricks of Harleysville and the late Alice (Price) Hendricks.

Surviving with her husband and father are a son, Daniel E., and a daughter, Rebecca S., both at home; three brothers, Lowell P. of Gulph Mills, Montgomery County; Gordon D. of Rural Retreat, Va., and Ronald P. of Pennsburg, and a sister, Sarah Blickenstaff of Goshen, Ind.

Services will be at 7 p.m. Thursday in the church. A calling hour will precede the services.

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Mrs. Johbn Hoober, mother of Mrs. Wm. Weston, died at the home of her son Eugene in Attica early on Monday and was brought to Brook for burial on Tuesday.

Mrs. Hoober with her husband was a resident of this town at one time, where Mr. Hoober ran a shop and manufactured the Hoober Gopher, one of the first ever made in the country.

She was well known to many of our people as she visited with her daughter quite frequently and made her home here part of the time after her husband's death.

The funeral was held in the Christian Church, Rev. MacDonald officiated. The interment was in the Brook cemetery by the side of her husband.

The Brook Reporter, Brook, Indiana; Friday, 28 JUL 1916, page 1.

Obituary – The Brook Reporter, Brook, Indiana; Friday, 30 MAY 1930, page 1 (Newspapers.com):

MRS. LAURA WESTON DEAD

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Mrs. Laura Weston, step-mother of Mr. Henry Weston, of near Brook, passed away last Friday, May 23rd at her home in Broadripple, Indiana. The body was brought to Brook, on Sunday, and funeral services conducted at the Methodist church at two o’clock that afternoon, Rev. Jones officiating. Burial was made in Riverside cemetery.

The obituary which was read at the funeral, was as follows: Laura Weston, daughter of John H. and Catherine Kemp Hoober, was born in Circleville, Ohio, January 16, 1853 and died May 23, 1930, aged 77 years, 4 months. She was eldest of three children (sic).

In 1871 (sic), she was united in marriage to Alexander Sharp. To this union, four children were born, two of whom preceded their mother in death.

In 1896 she was united in marriage with William H. Weston, of Brook, and resided in Brook unitl Mr. Weston’s death in 1922. Mrs. Weston is survived by two children Mrs. McMullen and Harry Sharp of Indianapolis, two step-children, Henry Weston of Brook, and Mrs. Oren Maple, of Colorado, and two sisters, Mrs. D. S. Fletcher of Kentland, and Mrs. C. H. Miller of Witchita (sic), Kansas.

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CARD OF THANKS

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We wish to express our appreciation for the sympathy shown, and assistance given, following the death of our mother. Also for the beautiful floral offerings.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sharp

Mr. and Mrs. Chas. McMullen

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Weston.