Helen Ruth Hoyt

July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.

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NAPPANEE – Helen Ruth Hoyt, 91, formerly of Nappanee, died at 4:35 a.m. Dec. 2, 2011, in Grace Village Health Care, Winona Lake, where she had lived for more than two years.
She was born March 12, 1920, in Watervliet, Mich., to Charles Guy and Emma Price Curtis. On Nov. 17, 1940, in Watervliet, she married Marion Hoyt, who preceded her in death on March 28, 1991.
She had lived in Nappanee. Following retirement she had also lived in Venice, Fla., for 30 years. She graduated from Watervliet High School. She also attended business school and was a legal secretary for Kindig & Sloat from 1958-80. She was a member of the Nappanee United Methodist Church and Order of the Eastern Star. She also enjoyed traveling, golfing, quilting and sewing.
Surviving are a daughter, Sharie (and spouse Pat) Johnson, Syracuse; two sons, Mike (and spouse Diana) Hoyt, Mentone, and Jim (and spouse Rhonda) Hoyt, Richardson, Texas; five grandchildren: Tammy (and spouse Seth) Watkins, Tim Stump, Tracy (and spouse Chris) Bullock, Jeff (and spouse Denise) Hoyt, and Jennifer (and spouse Cameron) Field; 10 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by a grandson, Chad Hoyt; four brothers: Dick, Lee, Don and Bob Curtis; and a sister, Dawn Zimmerman.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee. Burial will be in South Union Cemetery.
Calling is from 2 to 7 p.m. Sunday and one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
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Memorials may be made to Nappanee United Methodist Church or Kosciusko County Hospice.[[In-content Ad]]

NAPPANEE – Helen Ruth Hoyt, 91, formerly of Nappanee, died at 4:35 a.m. Dec. 2, 2011, in Grace Village Health Care, Winona Lake, where she had lived for more than two years.
She was born March 12, 1920, in Watervliet, Mich., to Charles Guy and Emma Price Curtis. On Nov. 17, 1940, in Watervliet, she married Marion Hoyt, who preceded her in death on March 28, 1991.
She had lived in Nappanee. Following retirement she had also lived in Venice, Fla., for 30 years. She graduated from Watervliet High School. She also attended business school and was a legal secretary for Kindig & Sloat from 1958-80. She was a member of the Nappanee United Methodist Church and Order of the Eastern Star. She also enjoyed traveling, golfing, quilting and sewing.
Surviving are a daughter, Sharie (and spouse Pat) Johnson, Syracuse; two sons, Mike (and spouse Diana) Hoyt, Mentone, and Jim (and spouse Rhonda) Hoyt, Richardson, Texas; five grandchildren: Tammy (and spouse Seth) Watkins, Tim Stump, Tracy (and spouse Chris) Bullock, Jeff (and spouse Denise) Hoyt, and Jennifer (and spouse Cameron) Field; 10 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by a grandson, Chad Hoyt; four brothers: Dick, Lee, Don and Bob Curtis; and a sister, Dawn Zimmerman.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee. Burial will be in South Union Cemetery.
Calling is from 2 to 7 p.m. Sunday and one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
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Memorials may be made to Nappanee United Methodist Church or Kosciusko County Hospice.[[In-content Ad]]
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