Melvin Cook "Mickey" Hooper

Male 1916 - 2004  (87 years)


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  • Name Melvin Cook "Mickey" Hooper 
    Birth 15 Feb 1916  Ashton, Fremont, ID Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • My Dad Melvin Cook Hooper was born 15 February 1916, in Marysville, Fremont , Idaho. He died, 14 February 2005 in Ogden, Weber co. Utah but was buried in Boise, Ada Idaho at Drycreek Cemetery. I have both birth and death certificates. (Sandra Ashby 20 Feb 2021)

      Idaho, U.S.A., Birth Index
      Name: Melvin Cook Hooper
      Birth Date: 15 Feb 1916
      Birth Place: Ashton, Fremont, Idaho, USA
      Certificate Year: 1916
      Father: Albert A. Hooper
      Mother: Fay Drollinger
      Birth Certificate Number: D77-0562
    Gender Male 
    Death 14 Feb 2004  Ogden, Weber, UT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Hooper, Melvin Cook "Mickey"
      Melvin Cook "Mickey" Hooper ROY - Melvin Cook "Mickey" Hooper , 89, passed away peacefully Monday, February 14, 2004, at Wasatch Care Center in Ogden, Utah. He was born February 15, 1916, in Marysville, Idaho, the son of Albert Alonzo and Faye Drollinger Hooper. Mickey married Zeltha Helen Clegg on June 24, 1936, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. There were five children born to this union. They later divorced. On January 21, 1961, he married Virginia Marcum. She died December 8, 1987. Mickey was raised in Southeastern Idaho. He graduated from Blackfoot High School. During World War II he worked in the shipyards in Portland, Oregon. He moved to Boise, Idaho, where he spent the rest of his life, until three months ago, when he came to Utah to be near his family. He was a car salesman, owning his own car lot, and later sold mobile homes. Mickey is survived by his five children, Gerry R. Hooper, Mesa, AZ; Sandra H. (Donald) Ashby, Roy; Ronald (Phyllis) Hooper, Mesa, AZ; Rena Blaser, B lackfoot, ID; Roger Rowley, Mesa, AZ; and a stepdaughter, Diana (Jere) Burke, Franktown, CO; 17 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; and one brother, Darrell (Verna) Hooper, Boise, ID. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, two brothers, Harold and LaVere, and two granddaughters, Megan Rowley and Jennifer Blaser. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:00 p.m. at Lindquist's Roy Mortuary, 3333 West 5600 South. Friends and family may call at the mortuary Friday from 12:45 to 1:45 p.m. Interment, Dry Creek Cemetery, Boise, Idaho on Saturday, February 19 at 2:00 p.m. Email condolences to the family at lrm@lindquistmortuary.com
      Published in the Standard-Examiner on 2/17/2005.

      Died at Wasatch Care Center in Ogden, UT

      Melvin C. Hooper
      in the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
      Name: Melvin C. Hooper
      Social Security Number: 519-09-7765
      Birth Date: 15 Feb 1916
      Issue Year: Before 1951
      Issue State: Idaho
      Last Residence: 83705, Boise, Ada, Idaho
      Death Date: 14 Feb 2005
    Burial Boise, Ada, ID Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • BURIAL Dry Creek Cemetery
      PLOT Section 15, Block 1, Plot 04-I
      Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA
    Person ID I9640  Drollinger Genealogy
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2021 

    Father Albert Alonzo "Bert" Hooper,   b. 11 Mar 1895, St. John, Rush Valley, UT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1984, Boise, Ada, ID Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Mother Rachel Flavilla "Faye" Drollinger,   b. 24 Dec 1895, Marysville, Fremont, ID Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Oct 1971, Boise, Ada, ID Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Family ID F1972  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Zeltha Helen Clegg,   b. 4 Mar 1919, Blackfoot, Bingham, ID Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Nov 2013, Blackfoot, Bingham, ID Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 
    Marriage 24 Jun 1936  Cache County, UT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Melvin Cook Hooper
      in the Utah, U.S., Select County Marriages, 1887-1937
      Name: Melvin Cook Hooper
      Gender: Male
      Age: 20
      Birth Date: 1916
      Marriage Date: 24 Jun 1936
      Marriage Place: Cache, Utah, United States
      Spouse: Zeltha Helen Clegg
      FHL Film Number: 430312

      Zeltha Helen Clegg
      in the Utah, U.S., Select County Marriages, 1887-1937
      Name: Zeltha Helen Clegg
      Gender: Female
      Age: 17
      Birth Date: 1919
      Marriage Date: 24 Jun 1936
      Marriage Place: Cache, Utah, United States
      Spouse: Melvin Cook Hooper
      FHL Film Number: 430312

      Salt Lake LDS Temple?
    Divorce divorced Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4727  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2021 

    Family 2 Virginia Marcum 
    Family ID F4728  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2016 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 Feb 1916 - Ashton, Fremont, ID Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 24 Jun 1936 - Cache County, UT Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 14 Feb 2004 - Ogden, Weber, UT Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Boise, Ada, ID Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDivorce - - divorced Link to Google Earth
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    • U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
      Name: Melvin Cook Hooper
      Gender: Male
      Race: White
      Age: 24
      Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
      Birth Date: 15 Feb 1916
      Birth Place: Ashton, Idaho, USA
      Residence Place: Ninety Six, Greenwood, South Carolina, USA
      Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
      Registration Place: Greenwood, South Carolina, USA
      Employer: Cleggs Furniture Co
      Weight: 150
      Complexion: Dark
      Eye Color: Brown
      Hair Color: Brown
      Height: 5 10
      Next of Kin: Zeltha Clegg Hooper
      Household Members:
      Name Relationship
      Melvin Cook Hooper Self (Head)
      Zeltha Clegg Hooper Wife