Garland H.

Hoover

Garland Herbert Hoover of Honey Brook, Pennsylvania passed away at his home on Saturday, November 7, 2020.  He was 103 years old.

Born on June 19, 1917, in Rockingham County, Virginia, Garland was the middle child of 9 children of Sydney Hoover and Ottiwell Hess Hoover.

Garland had a BS from Elizabeth Town College (1939) and an MS from the University of Pennsylvania (1946).  He was a member of Phi Delta Kappa.

He was a teacher and got his pilot's license before WWII.  When the war started, he joined the Army Air Corps and rose to the rank of First Lieutenant.

After the war, he resumed teaching at Hummelstown High School and built houses in the summer, and the Teen Center in town.  He married Ora Louise Ludwick in 1949.

In 1960 he became Vice-Principal at Unionville High School in Chester County and shortly after was named Principal when the position opened.  One of his finest memories as Principal was sitting in his office for 45 minutes with Martin Luther King Jr. on the evening he was to speak at the school.

He retired in 1976 and began making furniture for family and friends.  He and his wife, Ora, also traveled extensively, in Europe, and in the US often in their motorhome.   They also spent a significant amount of time researching Garland's family legacy in Virginia and put it in writing for all of us because our heritage was so important to him.

They moved to Florida in 1991 and back to Chester County in 2011.

He was a lifelong baseball fan and passionate about the Philadelphia/Kansas City/Oakland Athletics.  He listened to most games online, even when they started at 10:10 pm ET.

He touched the lives of countless family members and students who had the privilege of being part of his life.

He is survived by Ora, his wife of 71 years, his sons, Gary and Dennis, his daughters, Vicki and Kim, and Grandson Jason.

Services and Burial with Full Military Honors are being handled privately by Garlands Family

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to:

Penn Medicine Hospice

150 Monument Road

Suite 300

Bala Cynwyd, PA  19004