This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hoover, Sterne, Johnson, Baker, Sylvester, Blassier, Williamson Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/3426 Message Board Post: Marie Annabelle Sterne was born December 28, 1879 in Miami, Missouri. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Sterne. With her family she moved to Oklahoma December 14, 1889, and settled in the Mulhall community where she grew to womanhood. On March 1, 1896, she was united in marriage to Arnold Dell Hoover. To this union one daughtger was born, who died in infancy. Following their marriage, they lived in Roger Mills County and established a home. While living in Roger Mills, Mrs. Hoover taught school and was a leader in church and community activities, bieng especially interested in those activities involving the youth of the county. Following the death of her husband in 1933, she moved to Stillwater where she lived until 1946. In Stillwater Mrs. Hoover was a counselor and hostess for boys. From Stillwater she moved to Mulhall. Her interests in education and youth continued though her activities in later life were curtailed by physical disabilities. ] She was a member of the Methodist church, the Rebekah Lodge, and attended Oklahoma State University. Survivvors include on brother, F.H. Sterne, Stillwater; four nieces, Bertha jOhnson, Stillwater, Henryettaa Baker, Guthrie, Elmina Sylvester, Mulhall and Hazel Blasier, Lockport, Illinois; an uncle, A.G. Williamson, Edmond; and a number of cousins and other relative and many friends, all of whom will miss her. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK