Melvin D. (Dean) Hook
April 17, 1921 - March 14, 2008
Residence: Winamac, Indiana
Died: Friday, March 14, 2008
Location: 7:25 a.m., at the PUlaski Healthcare Center in Winamac, Indiana
Age: 86
Date of Birth: Sunday, April 17, 1921
Birth place:
Branch: Army
Service: World War II
Father: Charles Benjamin " Ben " Hook
Mother: Eva Mae Felker
Marital Status: Widowed
Resided in: White and Cass County communities all of his life.
Funeral Date: Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Funeral Location: 2:00 p.m., at the Miller - Roscka Funeral Home of Monticello, Indiana
Clergy: Rev. Chris Dodson of the Monticello Christian Church of Monticello, Indiana
Burial will take place:
Davis Cemetery in rural Burnettsville, Indiana.
Visitation will be:
12:00 p.m. (Noon), until the times of services at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 18, 2008, at the Miller - Roscka Funeral Home of Monticello, Indiana.
Biographical Information:
Dean had lived in the White / Cass County communities all of his life, and was a 1939 graduate of Idaville High School in Idaville, Indiana. He had farmed all of his life in the White / Cass County communities, and was a machinist at Logansport Machine in Logansport, Indiana for over fifteen (15) years. Dean was a United States World War II Army Veteran. He was a lifetime member of the VFW Post in Logansport, Indiana, and was also a member of the AmVets Post of Monticello, Indiana. Dean loved to read, go fishing, and being arounds the grandkids.
Special Services: Full Military Rites by the Honor Guard of the American Legion, VFW, and AmVets Posts, all of Monticello, Indiana will be conducted at the Davis Cemetery in rural Burnettsville, Indiana.
Memorial Information: May be given to the Pulaksi County Memorial Hospital Hospice Program. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
Marriage Information: On December 18, 1942, in Idaville, Indiana, he married Louise Coffenberry. She died September 23, 2006.
Survivors include:
Daughter, Deanna R. Nevitt, of Remington, Indiana; Sons, Jim E. (wife Donita) Hook, of Logansport, Indiana, and Danny J. Hook, of Star City, Indiana; Brother, Charles Hook, of Monticello, Indiana; Sister, Beth Overdear, of Columbia City, Indiana; Sister-in-law, Jean Hook, of Walton, Indiana; Seventeen (17) Grandchidren; Thirty-three (33) Great Grandchildren.
Preceded in Death:
Wife, Louise Hook;Son, Michael J. Hook; Brother, Keith Hook.
Arrangements by:
Miller-Roscka Funeral Home