Smith Hoy

Rites To Be Held Today

Body of Well Known Findlay Man

To Lie In State This Morning

Funeral Services for Smith H. Hoy, 81 year old retired

farmer and stock buyer who died early Saturday Morning

in his residence, 205 Lima Avenue, will be held at

10:30 o'clock this morning.

Rites will be held in the First Methodist church of which he

was a member. The pastor Dr. C. Clark Shedd, with officiate

and interment will be in Maple Grove Cemetery.

Hancock Lodge No. 73, Independent Order of Odd Fellows,

will take part in the service. Mr. Hoy has been a member of the

Lodge for 55 years.

The body will lie in state for an hour this morning

 prior to the services.

Mr. Hoy was born August 9, 1858, in Houcktown, the son of

Jacob and Rebecca (Hoffman) Hoy. He was married

April 14, 1886, to Saloma Ellen Solt, who died April 26, 1929.

To this union were born two children, a daughter,

V. Mable, who became the wife of the late Merle A. Denison,

and a son, Frank E., 323 W. Lincoln Street.

Mrs. Denison died March 24, 1922.

Mr. Hoy was again married September 20, 1930,

to Mrs. Lois Siddall Canfield, of Delaware, who survives.

His son Frank, former Hancock County Sheriff, left on a

fishing trip in Michigan, last Monday, the day before his

father suffered a stroke. He returned home Sunday

evening to learn his father had died. Efforts to contact

him in Michigan had been futile.

In addition to his wife and son, Mr. Hoy is survived by a

brother, William E. Hoy, of Cincinnati; two grandsons,

John Smith Hoy and Frank A. Denison, and several

nieces and nephews.

Two brothers, Frank and John Hoy, and a sister,

Mrs. Ora Helms, preceded  him in death.

For many years, Mr. Hoy was associated with his

father-in-law, Peter Solt, in the livestock business.

He moved to Findlay in 1903 and retired from

active business in 1922.

He was a member of the official board and Brotherhood

class of the First Methodist church.

The Republican Courier

Tuesday Morning

September 5, 1939

Held Smith Hoy Rites

Large Number of Persons Attended

Funeral Service for Well-Known Findlayite

A large number of persons attended funeral services

Tuesday Morning in the First Methodist church for

Smith H. Hoy, retired farmer and stock buyer who died

Saturday morning after a short illness.

Relatives and friends from out of town were his

brother, W. E. Hoy, Cincinnati; nephew Mr. and Mrs. Carson Hoy,

Mt. Healthy; Mrs. Eliza Hoy, Vanlue; Mrs. J. O. Hagedorn

and daughter, Enid, Columbiana; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Siddall,

Alliance; Mrs. Carrie Siddall, Mrs. Elbertie Fahl,

Mrs. Arminta Moore, Mt. Blanchard;

Judge and Mrs. Cloyce McClelland, Columbus;

Miss Carrie Reynolds, Mrs. Charles Fetzer,

Mrs. Wallace Dickman, and Mrs. Dan McKnight, Alliance.

Dr. and Mrs. Dwight Canfield and Mr. and Mrs. John

Canfield, Perrysburg, called at the residence

205 Lima Avenue Monday.

Dr. C. Clark Shedd officiated at the rites while the

Odd Fellows Lodge also took part.

Pallbearers were men from the Methodist church and lodge.

Interment was in Maple Grove Cemetery.

The Republican Courier

Wednesday

September 6, 1939

Obituary Courtesy of Ms. Marilyn (Miller) Law

  Mrs. Lois C. Hoy

 Called By Death

Services Tomorrow for Hancock Native

Mrs. Lois Canfield Hoy, 83, widow of Smith Hoy,

died at 11:45 a.m., Saturday in her residence at

205 Lima Avenue. She had been ill for the past several days.

A native of Hancock County, she was born June 3, 1868,

a daughter of Jacob W. and Amanda (Misamore) Siddall.

She was married to Llewellyn L. Canfield, September 12, 1895,

and he died in 1929. She later was married to Smith Hoy who

preceded her in death in 1939.

Surviving is a daughter, Mrs. Julia Canfield Wright, Middleton, MA.;

three sisters, Mrs. John Williams, Mrs. James Marshall,

and Mrs. Harry Seifried, all of Findlay;

and a brother, Paul Siddall, Alliance.

There are also a  granddaughter and two great-grandchildren.

A sister, Mrs. W. A. Fahl, preceded Mrs. Hoy in death.

Mrs. Hoy was a member of the Order of Eastern Star and the

First Methodist church.

Services will be held at 1:30 p.m., Tuesday in the

Coldren Funeral home, the Rev. Donald Cryer officiating.

Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery.

The Republican Courier

December 10, 1951

Obituary Courtesy of Ms. Marilyn (Miller) Law