OBITUARY: Lee Hobkirk, 1910-2004, Mitchell County, Iowa

[Adapted from: Mitchell County Press-News online - 10/27/2004]



                           Lee Hobkirk


Funeral services for Lee R. Hobkirk, age 94, of Osage, were held
Monday, October 25, 2004, at the Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in
Osage, with Rev. Doug Brown officiating. Burial was at the Osage
Cemetery in Osage.

Lee died Friday, Oct. 22, 2004, at the Faith Home in Osage.

Lee Hobkirk was born May 18, 1910, in Lyle, Minn., the son of
Henry and Marie (Schwandt) Hobkirk. His mother passed away when
he was six and Lee and his two sisters were raised by his father
and grandmother.

Lee was united in marriage to Gladys Carter on Feb. 19, 1939 at
the First Baptist Church parsonage in Osage by Reverend John Kern.
They were married for 65 years. They farmed in the Osage area until
1973 when they retired and moved to Osage.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Lee is survived by his wife Gladys Hobkirk of Osage; two sons,
Robert (Jeannie) Hobkirk of Fort Jennings, Ohio; Donald (Eunice)
Hobkirk of Gainesville, Texas; two sisters, Myrtle Peters of
Bakersfield, California; and Freida Haukon of Walker, Minnesota;
and seven grandchildren Lisa (Kirk) Emerson and their children,
Sara, Amy and Alex; LaVonne (Patrick) Wolf and their children
Samantha and Jessica; Julie (Todd) Stokes and their children,
Carter and Kennedy; Mike (Suzie) Hobkirk and their children
Adria, Rachel and Joshua; Mark Hobkirk; Tim (Heidi) Hobkirk
and T.J. Matthew; numerous nieces and nephews.

Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.



    Copyright 2004, K. L. Kittleson