Emma Hoover

Emma Eileen Hoover

11/22/1928 – 7/22/2021

Emma Eileen Hoover, 92 of Derby, Kansas passed away Thursday, July 22nd.

Born November 22, 1928, to Ed Green Riggins and Lillie Vena Marie (Haack) Riggins. Emma was raised on a farm outside Knowles, Oklahoma. She graduated from Beaver High School (1946, Beaver, OK), Wilcox Beauty Academy (1948, Dodge City, KS), and Kansas Cosmetologists Association (1949, Wichita, KS). Emma met her husband Harry in Dodge City, Kansas and they were married in November of 1950. They relocated to Derby, Kansas where she was a homemaker and raised their four children. Later on, she would return to work for 18 years as a cafeteria worker at the Derby High School before she retired.

Our loving mom, grandmother and great grandmother dedicated her life to her family. Emma loved her pets and family dearly and she will be greatly missed. She loved cooking, crossword puzzles, crocheting and working with flowers.

Emma is preceded in death by her parents Ed and Lillie Riggins; brother Oscar Riggins, Sisters Betty Maxine Riggins Neel, Eva Bell Riggins Van Horn, and Pauline Marie Riggins Anderson. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Harry Richard Hoover in 1992.

Emma is survived by her four children; Dennis (Jill) Hoover, Rose Hill, KS; Gary (Selina) Hoover, Wichita, KS; Karen (Gary) Miller, Wichita, KS; Steve (Stacy) Hoover, Grove, OK. Emma was blessed with numerous nieces, nephews, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Visitation Tuesday, July 27, with family receiving friends 5-8 pm at Smith Mortuary, Derby, KS.Graveside services will be private and held only for immediate family.

In lieu of flowers send donations to animal rescue:

Derby Veterinarian | El Paso Animal Hospital

841 N. Buckner St.

Derby, KS 67037

Ph: (316) 869-0426

https://elpasoanimalhospital.com/

Beauties and Beasts

114 S. Pattie

Wichita, KS 67211

Ph: (316) 636-7433

https://beautiesandbeasts.org/