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Frank G HOVIS

Male 1918 - 1998  (79 years)


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  • Name Frank G HOVIS  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Birth 8 May 1918  Sandusky, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 1868 
    Death 25 Apr 1998  Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5] 
    • Burial: Trinity Cemetery, Girton, Sandusky County, Ohio, USA. Findagrave Memorial# 67731528
    Person ID I1868  scruggshovis
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Father Frank Gifford HOVIS,   b. 3 Mar 1893, Gibsonburg, Sandusky, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 May 1977, Helena, Sandusky, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Hazel Eleanor RITCHEY,   b. 17 Aug 1893, Sandusky, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 May 1995, Sandusky, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 101 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 4 Feb 1915  Sandusky, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Family ID F683  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Betty Jane FRAZIER,   b. 1921, Findlay, Hancock, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Sep 2009, Fremont, Sandusky, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Children 
     1. Leone Mae HOVIS,   b. 19 Aug 1937, Helena, Sandusky, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 May 2017, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)  [natural]
     2. John A HOVIS,   b. 2 Feb 1943, Fostoria, Wood, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Dec 2016, Mission, Hidalgo, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F702  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 8 May 1918 - Sandusky, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 Apr 1998 - Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Obituary Note from Findagrave.com
      Bio: Frank G. Hovis Jr.Farmer/construction company owner
      Frank G. Hovis Jr., 79, of Risingsun, died in the Medical College of Ohio Hospital, Toledo, at 3:05 p.m. Saturday, April 25, 1998.He was born in Helena, May 8, 1918, to Frank G. and Hazel E. (Ritchey) Hovis Sr. On Dec. 22, 1936, in Ft. Wayne, Ind., he married Betty J. Frazier. She survives. Other survivors include: three sons, John A. and Ronald J. Hovis, both of Risingsun, and Donald A. Hovis of Bradner; a daughter, Leone M. James of Valley Falls, Kan.; a sister, Phyllis Preston of Lexington, Ky.; 11 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Preceding him in death were: a sister, Mary Barth; a brother, Richard Hovis; and a granddaughter. A World War II U.S. Navy veteran, having served in the South Pacific, Mr. Hovis owned and operated Hovis and Son's Construction for 49 years and also was engaged in farming. He was a member of both the Fremont Eagles and Elks, Welker-Smith American Legion Post 17, Gibsonburg, the Sandusky County Sportsman Club, where he was a life member, and the Risingsun Volunteer Fire Department. Services in Risingsun First Church of God will be 2 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev. Paul Rutledge and Dr. Darrell Prichard officiating. Burial will be in Scott-Trinity Cemetery, Sandusky County, Scott Township. Visitation at the Barndt Funeral Home, Wayne, is 7-9 p.m. today and 2-9 p.m. Tuesday, with the family present 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The body also will lie in state one hour before the services at the church on Wednesday. Memorials may be made to the church, Risingsun Volunteer Fire Department, American Heart Association or to a charity of the donor's choice.

  • Sources 
    1. [S95] 1920 US Federal Census, Location: Scott, Sandusky, Ohio, United States; citing ED 92, sheet 2A, line 30, family 35, NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 1429; FHL microfilm 1,821,429. Found on familysearch.org.

    2. [S96] 1930 US Federal Census, Location: Scott, Sandusky, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 23, sheet 8A, line 29, family 180, NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1866; FHL microfilm 2,341,600. Found on familyserach.org.

    3. [S208] Ohio, Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2007.

    4. [S100] 1940 US Federal Census, Location: Scott, Sandusky, Ohio; Roll: m-t0627-03140; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 72-31. Found on ancestry.com.

    5. [S32] Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current.

    6. [S111] Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013, Location: Sandusky, Ohio, United States, reference v 17, cn 2929; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 506,648. Found on familysearch.org.


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