Eloise Pearl Hoch, 89, North Manchester passed away Oct. 16, 2019 at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

One of five children, Eloise was born to Harvey F. and Lottie M. (Overholt) Zook on Mar. 15, 1930 in Newton, Kansas.

After graduating from Clear Creek High School in 1948, Eloise married her soulmate, Beaver Edward Hoch on July 24, 1948. The two spent forty-three wonderful years together before Beaver passed away on July 31, 1991.

Eloise will be dearly missed by her son, Gary (Mary Ann) Hoch, North Manchester; her daughters, Linda (Phil) Moore, Fort Wayne, Indiana and Kathy (Steve) Kamphues, Urbana, Indiana; five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one daughter Diane Hoch who passed away in 1955, one son Jeffery Hoch who passed away in 1959, one brother Robert Zook, and three sisters Luella R. Haines, Opal Reddick, and Evelyn Schmidt.

Family and friends may call Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019 from 10 a.m. to noon at McKee Mortuary, 1401 State Road 114 West, North Manchester, Indiana. Funeral services will begin at the conclusion of calling. Pastor J.P. Freeman will officiate. Burial will be at Bippus Calvary Cemetery, Bippus, Indiana.