CAROLYN RUTH HOBBS

GOLDEN CITY- Graveside services were held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Avilla Cemetery for Carolyn Ruth Hobbs, 96, Golden City, who died peacefully at her home on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021, after a long illness.

Arrangements were under the direction of Daniel Funeral Home, Lamar.

Contributions are suggested and made payable to Children's Mercy Hospital or the Muscular Dystrophy Association, in care of the funeral home.

Condolences may be shared at www.dfhlamar.com.

Survivors include a daughter, Karen Murphy, Springfield; a son, Kelton Hobbs and wife Deborah, Lamar; three grandchildren, Adrienne Burgess and husband Jordan, Galena, Kan., Trevor Hobbs, Pittsburg, Kan. and Leyna Mathews and husband Jeremy, Nixa and five great-grandchildren, Ethan, Frankie, Jesse and George Burgess and JJ Mathews.

She was preceded in death by her husband Jack and an infant son in 1944.

Mrs. Hobbs was born Jan. 8, 1925, in DeLand, Fla., to Ernest Robert and Gertrude (Buck) Freed. She spent most of her childhood moving from place to place in Oklahoma while her father worked in the oil fields. After retiring, the family settled in McDonald County, where she met her future husband, Jesse Dale "Jack" Hobbs. They were married on December 29,1942 in Neosho. They were happily married for over 70 years until his death on April 2, 2013. They spent their early years living around Anderson and Norton, Kan. and other places until they settled on a farm east of Lamar in 1948. In 1976 they moved to south of Golden City, later on in 2000, they made their final move to Golden City.

Mrs. Hobbs was a big gardener and loved all kinds of flowers. She raised chickens and goats. She was also a talented artist and she often played the organ or piano at Dudenville Methodist Church.