William Ralph Hooker
The Lima News 8-19-1948
Wapakoneta Aug. 19
William Ralph Hooker, 61, former owner of the Welcome Inn and Yankee Bar in Lima, died at 4:30 a.m. today at his home south of Wapakoneta.
He is survived by his wife, Lucy, whom he married in 1917, and a brother, Addison, of Lima.
He was a member of the Yeatman Blue Lodge, 162, Cincinnati Masonic Order.
The body will remain at the Siferd-Brookhart funeral home where final rites will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday. Rev. Fara Laman, Spencerville, will officiate and burial will be in Spencerville Cemetery.
___________________________________________