Marilyn Johanna Hoover Obituary

With profound sadness, we say goodbye to Marilyn Johanna Hoover of Davenport, Iowa, whose vibrant spirit touched the lives of many. Marilyn left this world on January 18, 2026 at the age of 95, leaving a void in the lives of so many people. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

She was predeceased by: her parents, Grace Agnes and William Albert McClure; her husband Warren Anderson Hoover; and her great grandchildren, Nora and Natalie Spranger.

She is survived by: her children, Mary Lynn Engelmann (Gary Lawrence) and William Wesley Hoover (Cynthia Ella); her grandchildren, Christina Lynn Kruse (Jon), Brett Warren Engelmann (Ashley Rae), Elliot Lawrence Engelmann (Michelle Marie Hurlihy), Roderick Warren Hoover, Michael James Hoover and Lauren Elizabeth Spranger (Grant); and her great grandchildren, Grace Johanna Kruse, Calvin Thomas Kruse, Oliver Lawrence Kruse, Carter Warren Engelmann, Abigail Lynn Engelmann, Shay Piper Engelmann, Dax Warren Engelmann and Paul Warren Spranger.

Memorials may be made to the Augustana Biology Department, to the Augustana Football Program, to the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa (https://www.sinsinawa.org), or to coral.org.