Helen Delores Hoover

Helen Delores Abney Hoover, 95, of Owensboro, passed away Tuesday, November 10, 2026, at Signature Healthcare. She was born in Calhoun, KY on October 10, 1931, to the late Ellis and Vena Evans Abney.

In 1950 Helen went to work for the phone company as a switchboard operator. She worked over 40 years for South Central Bell and through the transition to AT&T as a secretary, then in the Administration of the company. While associated with the phone company, she and other employees that had recovered from open heart surgery started Mending Hearts Ministry and ministered to open heart patients in the hospital by handing out heart shaped pillows to ease the patients’ recovery time.

Helen sold cookbooks for the Telephone Pioneers for years. She loved working crossword puzzles and visiting with friends and family. She married the love of her life, Billy G. Hoover, in October of 1994.

Along with her parents, Helen was preceded in death by her husband Billy Hoover; brothers, Elvis Glenn Abney, and Ellis Lynn Abney; sisters, Ethelyene Cook, and Sue Straney; nephew, Fred Allen Cook; and nieces, Linda Morris, Kay Pate, and Cindy Abney.

Helen is survived by her children, Vicki Lynn Strader (Keith), Michael Hoover, and Bryan Hoover; nephew, Christopher Lynn Abney (Lisa); and niece, Shelia Iglehart (Glenn).

The funeral service for Helen will be held at 12:00 p.m. Saturday, November 14, 2026, at Glenn Funeral Home and Crematory. Burial to follow in Barnett’s Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Saturday, November 14 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Glenn Funeral Home and Crematory.

Care by Glenn Funeral Home and Crematory.

Memorial contributions may be made to Glenville Baptist Church Cemetery, 10517 HWY 81, UTICA, KY 42376

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