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Rosemary E. Hoo

NEWPORT — Rosemary Edith
Hood, 77, of Newport died at 4:15
this morning at Mercy Memorial
Hospital, Monroe, after a lengthy
illness.

There will be no visitation.
Graveside services will be held at
1 p.m. Tuesday at Roselawn
Memorial Park, LaSalle, with the
Rev. David Campbell, chaplain of
Mercy Memorial Hospital, offici-
ating. The Bennett Funeral Home,
Monroe, is in charge of arrange-
ments.

She was born Aug. 13, 1918, in
Monroe. Her husband, Lloyd, pre-
ceded her in death in 1972.

Surviving are three sons, Robin :
of Newport and Lloyd and Larry,
both of Monroe, and eight grand-
children.