Marion Star (Marion, Ohio) – 13 Dec 2005, Tue – Page 2
Geneva I. Hoopman, 103, of Lancaster, died Monday, Dec. 12, 2005, at 10:15 a.m. at Crestview Nursing Home.
She was known to her friends as “Toni” and to her grandchildren as “Honey.”
She was born June 14, 1902, in Leipsic, Putnam County, the daughter of James W. Baker of Hardin and Marion counties and Villa E. Seitz of Putnam County, Ohio.
On June 14, 1924, she married Paul S. Midlam in Leipsic; he died Aug. 2, 1946.
On Feb. 28, 1953, she married Stanley M. Hoopman at the Prospect Street United Methodist Church in Marion, he died May 27, 1975.
Mrs. Hoopman lived in the Marion area for 65 years. She moved to Lancaster in 1989.
After graduating from high school at Leipsic, she attended Ada Normal School for two years, then taught for one year in a one room school house, grades 1 to 5 in Putnam County. During most of her life, “Toni” Hoopman’s main occupation was a housewife. She was a member of the Prospect Street United Methodist Church for more than 70 years, the Order of Eastern Star, Lydia Chapter 83 Marion, Daughters of American Revolution, Captain William Hendricks Chapter, Marion, the Pleasant Township Garden Club. During World War II, she worked at the Commercial Steel and Scioto Ordinance Plant.
Geneva Hoopman was the mother of two sons, William Russell Midlam of Lancaster, who died Dec. 9, 2004 and Paul James Midlam of Ashland; two step-daughters, Mrs. Ernest (Dorothy) Gast and Mr. Lowell (Marie) Mack both of the Marion area; one brother, Paul A. Baker, canton who died at age 102. There are nine grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren.
Immediately following the funeral service there will be a short burial service at Marion City Cemetery. She will be buried with her husband Paul S. Midlam.
Geneva I. Hoopman, 103, of Lancaster, died Monday, Dec. 12, 2005, at 10:15 a.m. at Crestview Nursing Home.
She was known to her friends as “Toni” and to her grandchildren as “Honey.”
She was born June 14, 1902, in Leipsic, Putnam County, the daughter of James W. Baker of Hardin and Marion counties and Villa E. Seitz of Putnam County, Ohio.
On June 14, 1924, she married Paul S. Midlam in Leipsic; he died Aug. 2, 1946.
On Feb. 28, 1953, she married Stanley M. Hoopman at the Prospect Street United Methodist Church in Marion, he died May 27, 1975.
Mrs. Hoopman lived in the Marion area for 65 years. She moved to Lancaster in 1989.
After graduating from high school at Leipsic, she attended Ada Normal School for two years, then taught for one year in a one room school house, grades 1 to 5 in Putnam County. During most of her life, “Toni” Hoopman’s main occupation was a housewife. She was a member of the Prospect Street United Methodist Church for more than 70 years, the Order of Eastern Star, Lydia Chapter 83 Marion, Daughters of American Revolution, Captain William Hendricks Chapter, Marion, the Pleasant Township Garden Club. During World War II, she worked at the Commercial Steel and Scioto Ordinance Plant.
Geneva Hoopman was the mother of two sons, William Russell Midlam of Lancaster, who died Dec. 9, 2004 and Paul James Midlam of Ashland; two step-daughters, Mrs. Ernest (Dorothy) Gast and Mr. Lowell (Marie) Mack both of the Marion area; one brother, Paul A. Baker, canton who died at age 102. There are nine grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren.
Immediately following the funeral service there will be a short burial service at Marion City Cemetery. She will be buried with her husband Paul S. Midlam.
Marion Star (Marion, Ohio) – 13 Dec 2005, Tue – Page 2
Geneva I. Hoopman, 103, of Lancaster, died Monday, Dec. 12, 2005, at 10:15 a.m. at Crestview Nursing Home.
She was known to her friends as “Toni” and to her grandchildren as “Honey.”
She was born June 14, 1902, in Leipsic, Putnam County, the daughter of James W. Baker of Hardin and Marion counties and Villa E. Seitz of Putnam County, Ohio.
On June 14, 1924, she married Paul S. Midlam in Leipsic; he died Aug. 2, 1946.
On Feb. 28, 1953, she married Stanley M. Hoopman at the Prospect Street United Methodist Church in Marion, he died May 27, 1975.
Mrs. Hoopman lived in the Marion area for 65 years. She moved to Lancaster in 1989.
After graduating from high school at Leipsic, she attended Ada Normal School for two years, then taught for one year in a one room school house, grades 1 to 5 in Putnam County. During most of her life, “Toni” Hoopman’s main occupation was a housewife. She was a member of the Prospect Street United Methodist Church for more than 70 years, the Order of Eastern Star, Lydia Chapter 83 Marion, Daughters of American Revolution, Captain William Hendricks Chapter, Marion, the Pleasant Township Garden Club. During World War II, she worked at the Commercial Steel and Scioto Ordinance Plant.
Geneva Hoopman was the mother of two sons, William Russell Midlam of Lancaster, who died Dec. 9, 2004 and Paul James Midlam of Ashland; two step-daughters, Mrs. Ernest (Dorothy) Gast and Mr. Lowell (Marie) Mack both of the Marion area; one brother, Paul A. Baker, canton who died at age 102. There are nine grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren.
Immediately following the funeral service there will be a short burial service at Marion City Cemetery. She will be buried with her husband Paul S. Midlam.
Geneva I. Hoopman, 103, of Lancaster, died Monday, Dec. 12, 2005, at 10:15 a.m. at Crestview Nursing Home.
She was known to her friends as “Toni” and to her grandchildren as “Honey.”
She was born June 14, 1902, in Leipsic, Putnam County, the daughter of James W. Baker of Hardin and Marion counties and Villa E. Seitz of Putnam County, Ohio.
On June 14, 1924, she married Paul S. Midlam in Leipsic; he died Aug. 2, 1946.
On Feb. 28, 1953, she married Stanley M. Hoopman at the Prospect Street United Methodist Church in Marion, he died May 27, 1975.
Mrs. Hoopman lived in the Marion area for 65 years. She moved to Lancaster in 1989.
After graduating from high school at Leipsic, she attended Ada Normal School for two years, then taught for one year in a one room school house, grades 1 to 5 in Putnam County. During most of her life, “Toni” Hoopman’s main occupation was a housewife. She was a member of the Prospect Street United Methodist Church for more than 70 years, the Order of Eastern Star, Lydia Chapter 83 Marion, Daughters of American Revolution, Captain William Hendricks Chapter, Marion, the Pleasant Township Garden Club. During World War II, she worked at the Commercial Steel and Scioto Ordinance Plant.
Geneva Hoopman was the mother of two sons, William Russell Midlam of Lancaster, who died Dec. 9, 2004 and Paul James Midlam of Ashland; two step-daughters, Mrs. Ernest (Dorothy) Gast and Mr. Lowell (Marie) Mack both of the Marion area; one brother, Paul A. Baker, canton who died at age 102. There are nine grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren.
Immediately following the funeral service there will be a short burial service at Marion City Cemetery. She will be buried with her husband Paul S. Midlam.
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