Frank P. Hoot

US ARMY VETERAN
KOREAN WAR

Frank P. Hoot, born in 1932 to Ethel and Rex Hoot in Toledo, Ohio, died on March 15, 2018. Frank was preceded in death by his beloved and loving son Jay F. Hoot in March of 2008 and by his loving and adored wife, Mary E. (Biggs) Hoot in November of that same year. He is survived by his much-loved and loving daughters Heather A. Jones and Laurie E. Yetter. He is also survived by grandchildren, Dahlys Hoot-Young, Sarah Yetter, Graham Hoot, Lauren Yetter, Taber Mason, and Cole Hoot and, seven great-grandchildren, sisters-in-law Betty Hoot and Jean Morgan, and 21 nieces and nephews. Frank was also preceded in death by five siblings, Eugene Hoot, Eileen Baer, Beverly Levis, Gerald Hoot, and Joyce McKenzie; and his nephew Dennis Smith.

Frank spent his first nine years growing up in Sylvania, Ohio where he attended Maplewood Elementary School through fourth grade before his family moved to the Old West End in Toledo, Ohio. There, he attended Monroe Street Elementary and Robinson Junior High before attending Scott High School and the University of Toledo.

Frank celebrated his 60th Scott High School class reunion in 2010 with his oldest and dearest friends and classmates. He attended the University of Toledo and was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity there until he was drafted in the US Army in 1953 during the Korean War. He volunteered for the Airborne and made eighteen parachute jumps with the 11th Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky and was honorably discharged in 1955.

Frank retired in 2001 from Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc,., division of Johnson and Johnson in Cincinnati, Ohio where he had been employed as a Senior Engineer for sixteen years.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, April 28th, 2018, 11:00 AM at Trinity Episcopal Church located at 316 Adams Street, Toledo, OH 43604. There will be a color guard ceremony at Dayton National Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio on Monday, April 30th, 10:00 AM where both Frank and Mary Hoot will be laid to rest.

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