Independent Enterprise
April 23, 1953
Services Held On Tuesday For Long Time Area Resident
Services for Mrs. Della Margaret Hooker, 80, who passed away Thursday at her home in Fruitland were conducted at the Ontario Nazarene church Tuesday with the Rev. A. L. Turner and Rev. Ford Burtch officiating. Interment in Riverside cemetery followed under the direction of Shaffer Memory chapel.
Mrs. Hooker wsa born Aug. 2, 1872 at Cherokee, Iowa and moved to Fruitland 43 years ago from Grand Junction, Colo. Her husband and four children have preceded her in death.
She has been a charter member of the Ontario Nazarene church. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Laura Holloway, Fruitland; Mrs. Minnie Sutton, Long Beach, Cal., and Miss May Hooker, Fruitland; two sons, Russell C. Hooker, Nampa; and Lester G. Hooker, Fruitland; sister, Minnie Cook, Crosby Texas; seven granchildren and three great-grandchildren. (Riverside Cemetery) Submitted by Patty Theurer