Shelby  County  Indiana
Obituaries

Hoesman

The  Republic
Columbus, Indiana
November 12, 2001
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Flintwood Wesleyan member
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Billy Joe Hoesman
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Indiana 7
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          Billy Joe Hoesman,  75, of Indiana 7 died at 8:45 a.m. Saturday, November 10, 2001, at Columbus Regional Hospital.
          He retired from Cummins Engine Co. in 1983 after 32 years service.  He worked as a self-employed electrical contractor for many years.  He enjoyed archery and raising horses.
          Mr. Hoesman was a member of Flintwood Wesleyan Church.  A World War II Marine Corps veteran, he was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion and chaplain for the Columbus Marine Corps League.  He was a member of Scottish Rite, Murat Shrine, Moose Lodge and was past worshipful master of Elizabethtown Masonic Lodge.
          The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Vernon Jewell-Nick Rittman Funeral Home with the Revs. Harold Carr and Kevin Metz officiating.  Calling hours will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and from 10 a.m. until service time Wednesday.  A Masonic service will be at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.  Burial will be at Garland Brook Cemetery with military graveside rites.
          Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
          Mr. Hoesman was born Dec. 25, 1925, in Columbus, the son of  Julius and  Lillian Anderson Hoesman.  He married  Elizabeth Hope [sic-Pope].*  She died in 1984.  He married  Jane Smith  Sept. 27, 1985.  She survives.
          Other survivors include sons,  Royce Hoesman  of North Vernon and  Tim Blevins  of Bedford; daughters,  Barbara Hull  of Magnolia, Texas, and  Jane Ozbun  of Seymour; brothers,  Dorsey Hoesman  of Tulsa, Okla., and  Tom and  Jim Hoesman,  both of Riverside, Calif.; sisters,  Betty Coulter  of Lake Havasu City, Ariz., and  Julia Martin  of Albuquerque; grandchildren,  Justin,  Cassie and  Curtis Hoesman,  Jerimiah,  Joshua and  Zachary Hull,  Justin and  Ryan Ozbun,  and  Christopher and  Amanda Blevins;  and two great-grandchildren.
          He was preceded in death by a son,  Mikel Hoesman; an infant brother; and an infant sister.
Contributed by Betty Kitchen
*Submitter's Note:  Indiana Marriages, 1811-1959, shows the document for his marriage to  Elizabeth Marie "Betty" Pope  on November 15, 1947.


The  Republic
Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana
7 May 1984
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Beauty Operator
Elizabeth M. Hoesman
11001 E. Ind. 7
----------           Elizabeth M. Hoesman,  54, of 11001 E. Ind. 7, died at 5 a.m. today at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis after a lengthy illness.  She was a graduate of the House of James Beauty College and had owned the Chateau Beauty Shop at Seventh and Washington streets.  She retired from the Vogue Beauty Shop about two years ago because of ill health.  Funeral service will be conducted by the Rev. Wayne Bozell at 11 a.m. Thursday at Barkes, Inlow and Weaver Funeral Home on Washington Street.  Burial will be at Garland Brook Cemetery.  Calling hours will be from 2 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and from 9 a.m. Thursday until time of the service.  A Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary memorial service will be conducted at the funeral home at 8 p.m. Wednesday.
          Mrs. Hoesman was born Dec. 5, 1929, in Bartholomew County, to  Floyd and  Goldie Drake Pope.  She was married to  Billy Joe Hoesman  Nov. 15, 1947, and he survives.  She was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary and a charter member of Lowellettes Extension Homemakers Club.
          Surviving besides her husband are a son,  Royce Hoesman  of 10520 E. Ind 7; one daughter,  Barbara Hull  of Houston, Texas; three brothers,  Ralph Pope  of California,  Emil Pope  of Franklin and  Robert Pope  of Kokomo; three sisters,  Elsie Wood  of Clifford,  Margaret Ward  of Columbus and  Ruth Taylor  of Columbia, Ky., and four grandchildren.
Contributed by Phyllis Fleming and Betty Kitchen

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