Olive Loretta Hoover Spokane

Olive Loretta (Hardy) Hoover is 100 years old today.

Born Aug. 6, 1896, in Boise, she has lived in the Northwest most of her life and at Maplewood Gardens for the past six years.

She married Alfred Hoover in 1925. He died in 1978.

A homemaker, Mrs. Hoover volunteered at St. Xavier Roman Catholic Church, where she has been a member for more than 65 years.

The couple had four children: Peggy Walls, Bill Hoover and Pat Dumais, all of Spokane, and Del Hoover of Federal Way, Wash.

Mrs. Hoover has 18 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.

She enjoys playing cards.

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