Family Group Record for Joseph Earl Hoover and Nora




Husband Joseph Earl Hoover [1][2][3][4][5]

Born:02/23/1900 - Missouri [2][3][4][5]
Christened:
Died:10/08/1979 [4][5]
Buried:Concordia, Cloud, Kansas [4][5] PIC
Father:Joseph Marion Hoover
Mother:Ina Charlton
Marriage:
Other Spouse: Selma Emma Laura Fritze[1]

Events and Facts
1. He appeared on the US Federal census on 04/01/1930 in Strong City, Chase, Kansas with his wife and mother. [2]
2. He worked as a telegraph operator on 04/01/1930 in Strong City, Chase, Kansas . [2]
3. He resided at Cottonwood Ave on 04/01/1930 in Strong City, Chase, Kansas . [2]
4. He had a residence on 04/01/1935 in Monett County, Missouri . [3]
5. He appeared on the US Federal census on 04/01/1940 in Concordia, Cloud, Kansas with his family. [3]
6. He was educated through the 8th grade on 04/01/1940 in Concordia, Cloud, Kansas . [3]
7. He worked as a telegrapher for the Santa Fe Railroad on 04/01/1940 in Concordia, Cloud, Kansas . [3]
8. He resided at 514 5th St on 04/01/1940 in Concordia, Cloud, Kansas . [3]
9. His obituary was published in The Salina Journal on 10/10/1979 in Salina, Saline, Kansas. [4]PIC

J Earl Hoover

CONCORDIA -- The funeral for J. Earl Hoover, 79, Concordia, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Chaput-Buoy Funeral Home, Concordia, Dr. David W. Seward officiating. Burial will be at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Concordia.

Mr. Hoover died Monday at the St. Joseph Hospital, Concordia.

He was born Feb. 23, 1900, in Shady Grove, Mo. He had been a Concordia resident since 1936 and was a retired railroad tlelgrapher and an architect. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and the IOOF, both of Concordia, and the North-Central Amateur Radio Club.

Surviving are his wife, Nora, Of the home; a daughter, Mrs. Jerome K. Johnson, Ames, Kan., and four grandchildren.

Friends may call at the funeral home. The family suggests memorials to the American Heart Association.


Wife Nora

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Sources

1. Deanna Leon, Surprise, AZ, eMail correspondence with Donald R Fritze, Coralville, Iowa, sent 07/03/2026, "Re: Your comment on FritzeFamily.net" [privately held by correpondents, eMail addresses for private use] [Surety: 3].
2. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1930 United States Federal Census, ED 9-12, Strong City, Chase, KS, sheet 2B, dwelling 42, family 44, line 67, Hoover, Joseph; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2002 (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 07/09/2026); citing Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication T626 (2667 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 693, image 1079 [Surety: 3].
3. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1940 United States Federal Census, ED 15-14, Concordia, Cloud, KS, sheet 12A, household 238, line 33, Hoover, Joseph Earl; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2012 (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 07/09/2026); citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication T627 (4643 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 1225, image 281 [Surety: 3].
4. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-Current, J Earl Hoover; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2019 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 07/09/2026); citing /Newspapers.com/, The Salina Journal, Salina, KS, 10/10/1979, page 6, col 6, "Deaths and Funerals" [Surety: 3].
5. User submitted cemetery data, "Find A Grave," Joseph Earl Hoover (#142616150); Database online, Find-A-Grave (Jim Tipton, Founder), Find A Grave : 1995 (http://www.FindAGrave.com/ : accessed 07/04/2026) [Surety: 3].


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