Death Notice for Mary Ellen Byrnes-Watrous Hoover 1932
2010
Mary Ellen Byrnes was the adopted daughter of ancestor Jerome Timothy Watrous and his wife Mary June Reynolds. She became the sister of direct ancestor Henry Reynolds Watrous. The LaHarper newspaper became the central point for all information about people who lived or had lived in the counties of Hancock and Henderson, Illinois. This notice of Mary Ellen’s death appeared in the La Harper on Friday, December 9, 1932
DEATHS
Mrs. J. L. Hoover
Mrs. F. A. Warren of Seattle, Wash., sends us a clipping telling of the death of Mrs. Joseph L. Hoover on Sunday, Nov. 27, 1932, at the age of 72 years. At her request she was buried at Evergreen Memorial Park just as the sun was setting, following services held at the University Funeral Chapel.
The lady whose maiden name was Minnie Burns, was reared in the Watrous family of Terre Haute and for a while was an art teacher in Gittings Seminary and while in LaHarpe boarded with Mrs. Mame Moon.
She was married to Jos. Hoover at the home of Mrs. Rebecca Watrous Gittings of Terre Haute. For many years they lived in Colorado, but went to Seattle twenty-six years ago. Her husband was audit clerk in the King County auditor’s office for several years and was afterward with the Port Commission.
Her husband and a daughter, Mrs. P.P. Hensley survive her. The family home is 901 E. 65th Street.
This notice was kindly provided to us in 2010 by Ada Hubbard of La Harpe, Illinois. She has long been involved with research and family history in the area and has helped countless people with ties to the area. The daughter mentioned is Merdeces Hoover Hensley, whose brief biographical sketch and portrait is on this site. ( Remember that the name of the town, Terre Haute, is in Henderson County, Illinois . . . not in Indiana.)