~Obit~ Mrs. Dorothy P. Hoover Bloom, 88, of Waterloo, Iowa, and formerly of Bourbonnais, Illinois and Walker, Iowa, died Wednesday, March 9, 1988 in her home in Waterloo. Mrs. Bloom was born on February 19, 1900 near Walker, the daughter of Earl Wesley and Hattie (Peyton) Oliphant. She attended the country schools near Walker, and the Walker Community School in Walker. On November 8, 1917, she married Lester R. Hoover in Cedar Rapids. Mr. Hoover died in 1958. Several years later Mrs. Hoover moved to the Bourbonnais area where she met and married Albert Bloom on May 6, 1965. The couple lived in Bourbonnais, Illinois. Mr. Bloom died in 1982. Mrs. Bloom moved to Waterloo in October of 1987. Mrs. Bloom was an active member of the Hoover Wesleyan Church for over 69 years. She is survived by two sons: Charles Hoover of Independence and Dean Hoover of Walker; two daughters, Donna Wright of Waterloo and Mrs. Mary Lou Latham of Bourbonnais; a step-son, Dr. Norman Wayne Bloom of Bourbonnais. Fifteen grand-children, twenty-seven great-grandchildren and eight great-greatgrand- children; two sisters, Mrs. Eileen Pates of Evansdale and Mrs. Evelyn Kugel of Waterloo; a brother, John Oliphant of Waterloo. She was preceded in death by her parents, two husbands, son-in-law George Edward Jellison, a great great-grandson Tristan James Peyton, a sister, Ruth DeWald and four brothers, Forrest, Glen, Ivan and Arthur Oliphant.
~Obit~ Mrs. Dorothy P. Hoover Bloom, 88, of Waterloo, Iowa, and formerly of Bourbonnais, Illinois and Walker, Iowa, died Wednesday, March 9, 1988 in her home in Waterloo. Mrs. Bloom was born on February 19, 1900 near Walker, the daughter of Earl Wesley and Hattie (Peyton) Oliphant. She attended the country schools near Walker, and the Walker Community School in Walker. On November 8, 1917, she married Lester R. Hoover in Cedar Rapids. Mr. Hoover died in 1958. Several years later Mrs. Hoover moved to the Bourbonnais area where she met and married Albert Bloom on May 6, 1965. The couple lived in Bourbonnais, Illinois. Mr. Bloom died in 1982. Mrs. Bloom moved to Waterloo in October of 1987. Mrs. Bloom was an active member of the Hoover Wesleyan Church for over 69 years. She is survived by two sons: Charles Hoover of Independence and Dean Hoover of Walker; two daughters, Donna Wright of Waterloo and Mrs. Mary Lou Latham of Bourbonnais; a step-son, Dr. Norman Wayne Bloom of Bourbonnais. Fifteen grand-children, twenty-seven great-grandchildren and eight great-greatgrand- children; two sisters, Mrs. Eileen Pates of Evansdale and Mrs. Evelyn Kugel of Waterloo; a brother, John Oliphant of Waterloo. She was preceded in death by her parents, two husbands, son-in-law George Edward Jellison, a great great-grandson Tristan James Peyton, a sister, Ruth DeWald and four brothers, Forrest, Glen, Ivan and Arthur Oliphant.
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Dorothy P. Hoover
1900-1988
Parents of Donna, Charles
Dean & Mary Lou
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Lester Raymond Hoover, Dorothy Peyton Oliphant Hoover Bloom, Donna Pauline Hoover Wright.
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