Rymer Downs Hoey

Background

Hoey, Rymer Downs was born on September 13, 1930 in Oxford, Kansas, United States. Son of Rymer Downs and Wanona Evadna (Bruener) Hoey.

Education

Bachelor in Social Work, Union College, 1969; Master of Social Work, U. Nebraska, 1971.

Career

Field case worker, Nebraska Institute for the Retarded, Beatrice, 1971-1973; director family services, Kettering (Ohio) Medical Center, 1973-1976; assistant director social services, Loma Linda (California) U. Medical Center, 1976-1978; clinical social worker, Loma Linda (California) U. Medical Center, since 1978. Board directors and executive director S.E. Nebraska Office of Mental Retardation, Beatrice, 1972-1973.

Achievements

• Rymer Downs Hoey has been listed as a noteworthy Clinical social worker by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Committee member Arrowhead United Way, San Bernardino, California, 1977. Board directors E. Valley Area Health Council, Redlands, California, since 1985, Southern California Neuroskeletal Tissue Bank, San Bernardino, since 1987. 1st class PO United States Navy, 1948-1952, Korea.

Member NASW.

Interests

• Avocations: back packing, cross country skiing, boating, flying.

Connections

Married Anabelle Vierra, August 10, 1951 (divorced June 1964). Children: Rymer Downs III, Dennis Michael, Robert Ellis, Deborah Wanona. Married Nellie Leona Lowrey, August 6, 1965.

Children: James Andrew, John Russell.

Father:

Rymer Downs Hoey

Mother:

Wanona Evadna (Bruener) Hoey

Spouse:

Anabelle Vierra

Spouse:

Nellie Leona Lowrey

child:

James Andrew Hoey

child:

Deborah Wanona Hoey

child:

John Russell Hoey

child:

Robert Ellis Hoey

child:

Dennis Michael Hoey

child:

Rymer Downs III Hoey