Lester Hoar

1910 - 1995  (85 years)

• Name	Lester Hoar
  Born	16 Jul 1910	Center, Emmet Co, Michigan, USA
  Gender	Male
  Census	1920 1930
  Died	14 Aug 1995	Zephyrhills, , Florida, USA
  Buried	Mackinaw City, Cheboygan Co, Michigan, USA (Lakeview Cemetery)
  Person ID	I2383	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	8 Mar 2010

  
  

  Father	William Hoar,   b. 10 Nov 1869, Walkerton, South Bruce, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Jan 1945, Pellston, Emmet Co, Michigan, USA  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Hattie Gere,   b. 23 Aug 1885, Mount Morris, Genesee Co, Michigan, USA ,   d. 1 Oct 1942  (Age 57 years)
  Married	16 Jun 1909	Bliss, Emmet Co, Michigan, USA
  Family ID	F1006	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bernice Sommer,   b. 1913
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2009
  Family ID	F1007	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  November 7, 2004 Source: Email from Phillip Bedient, pbedient(at)berkshire.rr.com Phillip E. Bedient 65 Beverly St. Dalton, MA 01226 Obituary. Petoskey News-Review, Thurs., Aug. 17, 1995: Lester H. Orr, 85. Funeral service for Lester H. Orr, 85, of Zephyrhills, Fla., will be held 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 18, at the Church of the Straits in Mackinaw City. The Rev. Charles Hastie will officiate. A Masonic memorial service, under the auspices of Pellston Lodge F. & A.M., will be held in conjunction with the funeral service. Interment will take place in Lakeview Cemetery, Mackinaw City. Mr. Orr died Aug. 14, 1995, at his home in Zephyrhills, Fla. He was born July 16, 1910, in Levering, the son of William and Hattie (Gere) Hoar. He married Bernice A. Sommer on Oct. 25, 1932, in Mackinaw City. Mr. Orr worked on the state ferries and sailed the Great Lakes in his younger years. Later, he moved to Midland where he was employed as an electrical enginerr for Dow Chemical Co., retiring in 1974. Since 1969, Mr. and Mrs. Hoar spent summers at their home in Carp Lake, and winters at their home in Zephyrhills, Fla. Mr. Orr was a member of the Masonic Lodge F. & A.M. in Midland, and was also a member of the Order of Eastern Star. Survivors include his wife, Bernice; one son, Robert Dean Orr, of Chicago; two daughters, Dorla J. Western of Rochester Hills, and Beverly Orr of Grand Rapids; two grandchildren; and one brother, Charles Orr, of Whitehall. The family will receive callers 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. today, Aug. 17, at the Nordman Funeral Home in Cheboygan.