Elsie Louise (Stoll) Hoover was born on June 14, 1930 in rural Tillman County near Manitou, Oklahoma to William "Bill" and Mary "Marie" (Schreiner) Stoll. She attended Manitou Public School and graduated from Manitou High School with the Class of 1948. She was united in marriage to Ernest Hoover at the Manitou Methodist Church on October 15, 1948. This year they would have celebrated their 70 th Wedding Anniversary.     Elsie Hoover lived her entire life on a farm. From milking diary cows with her sister and father east of Manitou to raising children west of Manitou; there wasn't any thing Elsie hadn't seen around the farm. She instilled a great love for the serenity of the farm in her children and grandchildren.   In her spare time, she enjoyed selling Avon beauty products to the women in the community for over 40 years.   She was an excellent cook and was well known for her homemade bread. At 12:30 every day, she had a full course meal ready for her family and whomever else may have been present.   She had a tradition of teaching each of her grandchildren how to decorate cakes and loved decorating Easter eggs with the kids. She was an excellent hand quilter. She was a member of the Trinity Baptist Church and later transferred to the First Baptist Church in Frederick. Through her 87 years of life, she touch many lives through her kind spirit and her generous love for God and others.

She is survived by her husband Ernest; five children, Lt Col. (Ret.) Ray Hoover and his wife Cheryl of Heber Springs, Arkansas, Loyce Bobo and her husband Steve of Mustang, Oklahoma; Marlin Hoover and his wife Ruth Ann of Frederick, Steve Hoover of Frederick and Roger Hoover and his wife Marva of Hyannis, Nebraska; one sister, Louella Hall and her husband Randal; thirteen grandchildren Justin Hoover and his wife Courtney, Ryan Hoover and his wife Mary, Danny Bobo and his wife Karel, Christy Townsend and her husband Lt. Col. Scott, Haley Hoover, Grant Hoover and his wife Faith, Britni Smith and her husband Matt, Macy Franklin and her husband Chris, Miranda Carpenter and her husband Gideon, Kris Hoover, Colton Hoover, Travis Hoover, Spc. Emmett Hoover; twelve great-grandchildren and several loving nieces and nephews; and a special cousin, Janell Griffin.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one sister, Emma Harris, and two brothers, Vernon and Ernest Stoll.

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