1922
Donald
2009
Donald Hoover
August 3, 1922 — November 30, 2009
At his request, no services will be held for Donald E. Hoover, 87, who died Monday, November 30th at his home in Newcastle. Cremation has taken place under the direction of Worden Funeral Directors of Newcastle. Memorial contributions for the education of Don's great grandson Austen Wells would be accepted by the family and can be mailed to PO Box 232, Newcastle, WY 82701.
Don was born August 3, 1922 at Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania the son of Samuel and Mildred Clawson Hoover. He was raised by his grandmother, Katie Garner, and attended school through the eighth grade. He stayed at home where he was needed to help with farm chores. After leaving the farm, he hitch hiked, and jumped trains across the United States while working at dude ranches and entertaining people in the local establishments with his guitar and fiddle playing. After returning to Pennsylvania, he married June Burger on April 7, 1951 at Cumberland, Maryland. He traveled with his family building dams on the Missouri River as a dozer operator for Western Contracting Corporation for twenty years. He was also employed working in the uranium business in the Shirley Basin and Casper, Wyoming areas from 1973 to 1979. The family moved to Newcastle in 1979 where Don was employed with Kerr McGee as a general foreman in the coal mine until his retirement in 1984.
He was an avid hunter and fisherman who could be seen at his favorite fishing spots, including the MW Reservoir, LAK Lake, Osage Lake, and at home in his fly shop tying flies or playing his guitar and fiddle. He was also a poet and artist, writing poems about his job and drawing cartoon faces of people, scenery and doodling.
Surviving him are his wife June of Newcastle; five sons, Donald, Douglas, and Darrell Hoover all of Newcastle, David Cheryl Hoover of Volcano, HI, and Dennis Hoover of Gillette, WY; an adopted daughter, Carmen Tudor; six grandchildren; and six great grandchildren, including Austen Wells whom we were helping to raise; two sisters Charlotte Dixon and Aldine Albright.
Preceding him in death were his parents, brother Sam and sister Patti.
Don was born August 3, 1922 at Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania the son of Samuel and Mildred Clawson Hoover. He was raised by his grandmother, Katie Garner, and attended school through the eighth grade. He stayed at home where he was needed to help with farm chores. After leaving the farm, he hitch hiked, and jumped trains across the United States while working at dude ranches and entertaining people in the local establishments with his guitar and fiddle playing. After returning to Pennsylvania, he married June Burger on April 7, 1951 at Cumberland, Maryland. He traveled with his family building dams on the Missouri River as a dozer operator for Western Contracting Corporation for twenty years. He was also employed working in the uranium business in the Shirley Basin and Casper, Wyoming areas from 1973 to 1979. The family moved to Newcastle in 1979 where Don was employed with Kerr McGee as a general foreman in the coal mine until his retirement in 1984.
He was an avid hunter and fisherman who could be seen at his favorite fishing spots, including the MW Reservoir, LAK Lake, Osage Lake, and at home in his fly shop tying flies or playing his guitar and fiddle. He was also a poet and artist, writing poems about his job and drawing cartoon faces of people, scenery and doodling.
Surviving him are his wife June of Newcastle; five sons, Donald, Douglas, and Darrell Hoover all of Newcastle, David Cheryl Hoover of Volcano, HI, and Dennis Hoover of Gillette, WY; an adopted daughter, Carmen Tudor; six grandchildren; and six great grandchildren, including Austen Wells whom we were helping to raise; two sisters Charlotte Dixon and Aldine Albright.
Preceding him in death were his parents, brother Sam and sister Patti.
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