Dean Myron Hoover was born on the orginal pioneer Hoover farm, the son of Lester Raymond Hoover and Dorothy Peyton Oliphant. They are buried in this cemetery. Dean was married to Daphane Arlene Dudley on November 28, 1948 in the Troy Mills Christian Church. We have been lifetime farmer and lived north of Troy Mills, Iowa near this cemetery and Hoover Wesleyan Church. We are parents of four children: Deanice Rae Hoover Ludolph, Donita Mae Hoover Casey, Daniel Ray Hoover, DeWayne Jay Hoover.

The above was written by Daphane Hoover, Dean's wife. Upon Daphane's passing in 2018 the management of this and other memorials were transferred to me, Brett D. Reece. Dean was a great man and I enjoyed speaking with him and Daphane about the places and persons connected to the Troy Mills area. On numerous occasions I sat at their kitchen table at their home next to Hoover Church and absorbed their years of local history knowledge gained by their lifetime of living in the Troy area.

Dean had a heart of gold and I remember many conversations with him. I will remember the times we repaired cemetery grave markers in cemeteries near Troy.

~Obit~Dean Myron Hoover, 87, of rural Walker, died Tuesday, November 25 at the ABCM Rehabilitation Center's West Campus in Independence, Iowa. Dean was born on February 5, 1927, the son of Lester Raymond and Dorothy Peyton (Oliphant) Hoover near Quasqueton, Iowa. He attended the country Schools near Quasqueton and Rowley. On November 28, 1948 he was married to Daphane Arlene Dudley in the Troy Mills Christian Church in Troy Mills. The family farmed in the Walker, Troy Mills and Quasqueton area. He is survived by his wife of 66 years Daphane Hoover; four children: Deanice (Kenneth) Ludolph, Coggon, Donita (John) Casey, Brandon, Daniel (Angeline) Hoover of Troy Mills, and DeWayne Hoover, Walker; eleven grandchildren; and eleven great grand-children. Dean was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter-in-law Virginia Ann Hoover; two sisters, Donna Pauline Wright and Mary Lou Latham; and a brother Charles Raymond Hoover. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, December 1 at the Hoover Wesleyan Church, Walker, with the Dr. Rev. Charles Clark and Rev. Jamie Wolf officiating. Interment will be held in the Circle Grove Cemetery, Walker. Friends may call from 3 to 7 p.m Sunday at the Reiff Funeral Home & Crematory, Quasqueton, and from 9 a.m. till services Monday at the Church.