James “Herb” Hoover

6/5/1920 - 2/5/2003

 James (Herb) Hoover, 83, Montpelier, died at 1:12 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5 at his home.
A former Corning Glass employee, he retired from the Bluffton plant in 1982 and had lived in Lake Alfred, Fla., for several years before moving to Montpelier in 2000. He had lived in the Pennville area prior to moving to Florida and was a member of the Millard-Brown American Legion Post 156 in Montpelier.

Born June 5, 1920 in Blackford County to James O. and Adella M. Pence Hoover, he was a 1938 graduate of Pennville High School and married Marvel A. Bosserman on Aug. 1, 1946 in New Haven; she died Jan. 25, 1999. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Survivors include three daughters, Sharon McCune of Bluffton, Kay Miller of Crawford, Tenn., and SaDonna Cruz of Morgan Hill, Calif.; three sons, Phillip Hoover and Michael Carroll, both of Montpelier, and Dale Hoover of Pearland, Texas; a brother, Vaughn Hoover of Lafayette; 14 grandchildren; and 22 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a grandson and a great granddaughter.

Calling hours are Tuesday from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Glancy Funeral Home, Walker Chapel in Montpelier, with services scheduled for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the funeral home. Graveside military rites will be performed by the American Legion. Burial will be in the Pennville I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Preferred memorials to the Family Hospice of Northeast Indiana or the Montpelier-Harrison Township Cancer Society.
Contributed by Ray Parks – no source listed

Buried in I.O.O.F. Cemetery aka Twin Hills