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GEORGE HOOVER

[The Welland Tribune and Telegraph, 25 January 1921]

The death occurred on Tuesday last of George Hoover, a well-known personage in this county, in his eighty-fourth year. The cause of death was paralysis, He was a son of the late John Hoover, and was born in Thorold Township, in March 1837. He moved to Welland just last fall and resided on East Elgin Street up until the time of his death. Mr.Hoover was never married, and is survived by one sister, Mrs. Chas. Black, Welland, and three nieces, Bertha and Nora Hoover, and Mrs. Ida Putman of this city. The funeral was held Thursday. Interment was at Fonthill cemetery.

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