Janet and Robert Wolfe Genealogy --- Go to Genealogy Page for Elva May Hoover

Notes for Elva May Hoover

1919 On 29 January, Elva Mae Hoover died and was buried at Yellow Creek Frame Cemetery, Southwest, Elkhart County, Indiana. [1]

1919 An obituary for Elva Mae Hoover reported [2]:

Elva Mae Hoover, "daughter of Martin and Elizabeth Hoover was born near Goshen, Ind, April 2, 1891. During the early part of January, 1919, she contracted influenza which developed into pneumonia. After two weeks of intense suffering she passed peacefully away Jan 29, 1919. She is survived by four brothers (William A, Enos M, Walter, Clayton, and Peter A Blosser) and one sister (Mrs Amos Whitmer) besides a host of relatives and friends. Her father and mother preceded her in death. During her last sickness she gave good evidences of conversion, was baptized and received into the Mennonite Church. Funeral services were held at Yellow Creek Church, near Goshen, Ind., Jan, 31, 1919, conducted by Bro J W Christophel.


Footnotes:

[1] Find A Grave Memorial 77566025, [FindAGrave].

[2] Mennonite Obituary Archives, Gospel Herald, Vol XII, No 1, 3 April 1919, [MennObits].