Carole Paula Hoover passed away peacefully on October 4, 2025.  She was born April 21, 1943, in Fort Wayne, Indiana to Roland J. and Melva A. (Wendling) Stein.  She moved to Colorado as a young child and was raised with her four siblings in Commerce City.

She graduated in 1961 from Adams City High School and did a short stint at Concordia College in Seward, Nebraska.  She returned to Colorado and worked in Denver for the Safeway Corporate Office for the meat department.

On August 23, 1969, she married H. Wayne Hoover in Denver, and the couple made their home in Greeley, where Carole returned to school at Colorado State College (now University of Northern Colorado) and graduated with a degree in home economics in June 1972 from UNC.

In July of 1972, Wayne and Carole welcomed their first daughter Kristen and grew the family once again in September of 1973 with the addition of Sharolyn.  Carole spent the girl’s early years as a homemaker and volunteered to be a room mom for many of the elementary years.  She volunteered in the District 6 school community as a member of the District Accountability Committee and on a curriculum committee.

She was part of the Greeley Country Club women’s bowling league and both the 9 Hole and 18 Hole Ladies golfing leagues.

As the girls entered college she began working during the fall and spring rush at the Aims Bookstore and eventually took a full-time job there as a book buyer.  Where she also got her forklift operator certification.  She retired in June of 2007. 

In retirement she enjoyed travelling with Wayne and the girls and their families as well as visiting friends and relatives.

She is preceded in death by her parents and numerous aunts and uncles and her grandson Henry.  She is survived by her husband, Wayne, her daughters and their families, Kristen (Ken) Meritt, Katelynn and Kayleigh and Sharolyn (Brian) Baldwin, Bryn and Britta. Her siblings and their spouses, Jan (Tom) Beining, Joan (Gary) Stein, Rick (Gay) Stein, and Sharon (Jim) Wright as well as sister-in-law June Rogers. A special uncle, Bob Stein of California and numerous cousins, nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, October 25, 2025, at 2 pm at Trinity Lutheran Church in Greeley.  In lieu of flowers, please consider a memorial gift to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.