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Florence Spurgeon Obituary

Spurgeon Florence Ellen (Hook) Spurgeon. A memorial service, celebrating the life of Florence Ellen (Hook) Spurgeon, 86, formerly of Kirkersville, will be held graveside at 2 p.m. on Monday, March 18, 2013, in the Kirkersville Cemetery. Florence died peacefully on Friday, March 1, 2013, at her home in Longmont, Colorado, following an extended illness. She was born in Gahanna, on August 6, 1926, the daughter of the late Floyd and Alveda (Looker) Hook. Her grandparents were William and Florence Gay (Dawson) Looker and Herb and Ellen Nora (Sager) Hook. She was a retired claims supervisor at Buckeye Union Life Insurance Company in Columbus. She was an active member of the Kirkersville Baptist Church. She is survived by her loving family: her daughter, Pamela (Roger) Kuseski of Longmont, Colorado; grandchildren, Rod, Matt and Mark Kuseski and Cara and Josh Baccus; her sisters, Mary (Robert) Nowell, Ruth Ann Griffith, Margaret (Rolyson) Root; her brothers, Floyd Hook and John (Jean) Hook; along with many nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, Florence was preceded in death by her husband James Spurgeon on March 26, 1988, her brother-in-law Harold Griffith and sister-in-law Nancy Hook. The family prefers that memorials be directed in Florence's memory to Hospice Care of Boulder and Broomfield County, 2130 Mountain View Avenue, Suite #201, Longmont, CO 80501. The family will receive friends on Monday, March 18, 2013 from 1 p.m. until graveside service at 2 p.m. at the Kirkersville home of The HOSKINSON Funeral & Cremation Service, 285 East Main St. in Kirkersville. An on-line guest register is available at www.hoskinsonfuneral.com HOSKINSON Funeral & Cremation Service, is honored to care for the Spurgeon and Hook Families.

Published by The Columbus Dispatch from Mar. 6 to Mar. 10, 2013.
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Heartfelt sympathies to all of you. My mom - Idadell Spurgeon Boone Johnson - passed away on Mother's Day two years ago I know she would be sending this message. Judy Reall is my cousin and I'm so grateful that she shared this news, a life valued and well lived.

Marjorie Johnson

March 13, 2013

Our thoughts and prayers are with you - Pam and Roger and family. It has been too long since we have been in touch. You have our deepest sympathy - Bob and Judy Spurgeon Reall.

Bob and Judy Reall

March 11, 2013

My thoughts and prayers are with the family. Love, Cousin Dolly.

March 7, 2013

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