- Mrs. Elizabeth Hoover-Hill
Mrs. Elizabeth Cooke Hoover-Hill, 52, of Rocky Ridge, Lil or Lillie as known by her family and friends, passed away quietly at her home, after a long illness, next to her husband, along with their ex son-in-law and friend Steve, on Monday, June 25, 2007.
Born June 17, 1955, in Washington, D.C., she was the third child of the late William and Elizabeth Randolph Cooke Hoover.
She was a 1973 graduate of Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville.
Lil had worked in the newspaper business for more than 25 years, including the Sentinel, Advertiser, Jewish Weekly, and most recently as circulation director of the Journal newspapers.
She was an avid photographer and very family oriented, she always ran all of the family functions.
Survivors are her husband for more than 30 years, Gregory A. Hill of Rocky Ridge; two stepdaughters, Leslie Ann Hill of Fairfield, Pa., and Stephanie Lea Hyde and husband Rodney of Hampstead; a sister, Anne Bland of Emmitsburg; six grandchildren, Danielle "Dee Dee" Hoover, Katelynn Meyers, Rachel Hoover, Benjamin Meyers, Nicholas Howarth and Dalton Ahman Calimer; three nieces, Jennifer Hoover-Gardner, Nicole Elizabeth DeMambro and Sarah Bland and son Christopher; and ex-son-in- law and close friend Steven N Calimer. She was preceded in death by a brother Conway Hoover.
Lil was loved by all who knew her and spent her life helping others.
Mrs. Hoover-Hill is at the Robert E. Dailey & Son Funeral Homes, P.A., 615 E. Main St., Thurmont.
A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, at the funeral home.
Interment in Blue Ridge Cemetery, Thurmont will be private and at the convenience of the family.
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1955 - 2007 (52 years)
