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May 30, 2006

05/31/06 The Meadville Tribune Tue May 30, 2006, 11:16 PM EDT

HADLEY — Robert E. Hovis, 84, of 101 Forest Drive, Leesburg, Fla., and Perry Highway, Hadley, and formerly of Elbow Street, Sandy Lake, died at 7:45 a.m. Tuesday, May 30, 2006, at Nor-Ridge Personal Care Home, North Huntingdon, after an extended illness.

Born in Franklin Nov. 25, 1921, he was a son of George W. and Eva Mae Low Hovis.

He was a 1941 graduate of Franklin High School. In early years he worked for International Harvester of Franklin and then from 1961 to 1977, along with his wife, Kathryn, owned and operated Hovis Furniture Store of Sandy Lake. After selling his business at Sandy Lake, he entered into a partnership with his son-in-law and began Hovis Interiors of Meadville, and then sold his interest there in 1980 and retired to Florida.

He was of the Protestant faith. He was a member of Lake Masonic Lodge 434, Sandy Lake, and Sandy Lake Rotary Club. In early years he bowled in the Sandy Lake Businessmen’s League and golfed with the Lakeview Golf League. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and spending time in the outdoors.

He was a U.S. Marine Corps World War II veteran and received high honors for marksmanship.

He married Kathryn W. Kilgore June 18, 1947; she preceded him in death Dec. 16, 1989. His second wife, Mary Margaret (Marge) Baird, whom he married June 26, 1992, survives at home.

He is also survived by two daughters, Bobbie Grasinger and her husband, William J. Grasinger Jr., of Meadville, and Marsha Schwanbeck and her husband, Richard C., of Mercer; two stepsons, Walter (Butch) Baird and his wife, Pat, and Mark Baird and his wife, Lori, all of North Huntingdon; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; 14 stepgrandchildren; 17 stepgreat-grandchildren; three sisters, Betty Sutley and her husband, Lloyd, of Franklin, Dorothy DuPont and her husband, the Rev. Dale DuPont, of Cochranton, and Jane Wilson and her husband, Ronald, of Franklin; and two brothers, James Hovis and his wife, Julie, and Charles Hovis and his wife, Sherry, all of Franklin.

He was preceded in death by his first wife; three brothers, Fred, Jack and Bill Hovis; and two stepdaughters, Bonnie Brown and Mary Ann.

Calling hours will be from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the former Alexander-McMullen Funeral Home, 3236 S. Main St., Sandy Lake.

The funeral and committal service will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. John Texter, pastor of Springfield Church of God, Jackson Center, officiating.

Interment will be in Zion Cemetery, Worth Township, Mercer County.

Arrangements are under the direction of Scott A. Black Funeral Home, 99 Franklin St., Stoneboro.

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