Bill VanHook, 64, of LaPorte, Indiana, died at 1:38 p.m. on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at LaPorte Hospital.
A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 15, at Cutler Funeral Home. Visitation will be held on Friday from 4:00-8:00 p.m. and on Saturday from 9:00 a.m. until the time of the service. Burial will be in Pine Lake Cemetery.
Bill was born February 7, 1942, in Maxwell, Iowa to William R. & Katherine (Atteberry) VanHook III. On January 5, 1963, in LaPorte, he married Ruth Sandy who survives.
Also surviving are sons William T. (Tammy) VanHook of Rolling Prairie, IN, Jonathon A. VanHook of LaPorte and Brent C. (Fiancée Elizabeth Hunter) of LaPorte; sister Helen Dolan of Corpus Christi, TX; grandsons William M. and Nicholas A. VanHook of LaPorte; and stepmother Gladys VanHook of Bloomington, IN.
His parents and a brother, James VanHook preceded him in death.
Bill had been the service manager at Hirsch Ford for 25 years. He was a member of the LaPorte First United Methodist Church, the Beechwood Men's Golf Club and the International Carnival Glass Association.