Paul Hoy

WWII vet was longtime employee of Washington Steel Paul Hoy, 83, of Washington, died at 2:20 p.m. Thursday, July 1, 2004, in Donnell House, Washington, following a lengthy illness. He was born November 11, 1920, in Waynesburg, a son of David and Anna B. Rush Hoy. For more than 50 years, Mr. Hoy was a member of Third United Presbyterian Church, where he served as a deacon and a trustee. He had been employed by Washington Steel for 26 years, having last worked as a roller. Mr. Hoy was a member of Sunset Lodge 623 F&AM. He was a life member of Edwin Scott Linton American Legion Post 175 and BPOE 776. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army in the European Theater with the 182nd Station Hospital. He received the medics' truck driver award, European-African-Middle Eastern Service Medal, two Bronze Stars, Good Conduct Medal and a meritorious unit award. He was involved in the Naples, Foggia and Rome-Arno campaigns. On February 21, 1946, he married Loretta Giecek, who survives. Also surviving is a sister, Evelyn Wildman of Waynesburg. Deceased are five brothers, Thomas, Ralph, James, Arthur and Ray Hoy; and two sisters, Meta Ford and Helen Ward. Services were held Saturday, July 3, with the Rev. Leslie Shoup officiating. Entombment was held in Garden Mausoleum of Washington Cemetery. Military rites were accorded by Edwin Scott Linton American Legion Post 175. Arrangements were under the direction of William G. Neal Funeral Homes Ltd., Washington.