Lorraine Alice HooverSanta Paula, CAJune 30, 1932-October 12, 2017Lorraine was born on June 30, 1932 in her family's farmhouse in Clermont, Iowa. Her family included four siblings and parents Alice and Clifford Kittleson. Lorraine was a force to be reckoned with at her little high school in Clermont. A talented basketball player and straight A student, she was beautiful and popular. After high school she attended Luther College where she got her teaching degree. Never one to be afraid of hard work, she spent her summers working jobs that ranged from running the exchange in the telephone office to pulling burrs out of peas on a conveyor belt in a cannery. In 1954 Lorraine went West to California to teach at a religious school in North Hollywood. That is where she met and married Donald Hoover in 1955. Eventually they settled in Santa Paula, California where they raised their family. Lorraine taught at Isbell Junior High School for 20 years and retired to Star Valley Ranch, Wyoming in 1988. She enjoyed her time in Star Valley very much, golfing with friends, bird watching and in general rejoicing in life. When Don become ill she cared for him until his death in 1996. Lorraine died early on the morning of October 12, 2017. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Don and her brothers Dean and Howard. She is survived by one brother Gerald Kittleson and her sister Carolyn Ellinghysen, her children John, Karin, James, and Kristin, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.