Leonard A. (Steve) Hood

Leonard A. (Steve) Hood, 50, manager of the Meadville Co-operative Assn., of Meadville, died at City Hospital yesterday, five and a half days after he was struck by a car while walking along Route 77, a mile south of Blooming Valley.

Mr. Hood had been manager of the Meadville Co-operative Assn. since the fall of 1941.  He came here as assistant manager of the Co-op in 1939, from Saegertown where he had been employed in a feed mill.

Born in Greenwood Township, where he spent his early life, Mr. Hood was a member of the Blooming Valley Methodist Church and Meadville's Cussewago Lodge IOOF.

Among known survivors are his widow, Mary and a brother, Christy of Conneautville.

Services were held at Waid Funeral Home.

Interment was in Rocky Glenn Cemetery.