HOBERT, Phyllis "Fern" (nee Newton) 1920-2008
NEWTON, HOBERT, YOUNG
Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 11/24/2008 at 17:36:55
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Service:
Monday, July 7, 2008
First Baptist Church
105 Chapel Ln
Charles City, IA 50616Phyllis “Fern” Hobert, 88, of Charles City, died Tuesday, July 1, 2008, at the 11th Street Chautauqua Guest Home in Charles City. Pastor Ruth Yeaton will officiate. Burial will be in Sunnyside Memory Gardens rural Charles City.
Phyllis Fern Newton Hobert was born March 29, 1920, at Hartville, Mo., the daughter of Esther Gene and Mary Sada (Young) Newton. She graduated from the Charles City High School in 1939.
On September 28, 1941, she was united in marriage to Wendell Hobert at Charles City. Fern was employed part-time at the Salsbury Baptist Home. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, Cordova Circle and Central Star Club. Fern enjoyed volunteering at the church kitchen, Bible School and Meals on Wheels. Her interests included gardening, canning and freezing vegetables, baking, helping at church, traveling and card club for more then 40 years.
Living family members include her husband, Wendell Hobert of Charles City; six children, Linda (Robert) Milton of Phoenix, Ariz., Robert (Judy) Hobert of Penn Valley, Calif., Lester (Linda) Hobert of Charles City, Mary (Jerry) Cross of Forest City, Edward (Teresa) Hobert of Charles City and Aaron Hobert of Charles City; 14 grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren; two brothers, Duane (Carolyn) Newton of Carson City, Nev. and Kenneth Dean Newton of Burlington; two sister-in-laws, Dorothy (Don) Swinton of Waverly and Norma (Paul) Nieman of Ariz.; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Darrel Newton; nephew, Mike Swinton; and sister-in-law, Phyllis M. Hobert.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to the First Baptist Church, 105 Chapel Ln Charles City, IA 50616 or to the Alzheimer’s Association, Mid-Iowa Chapter, Iowa Lutheran Hospital, 700 E. University Des Moines, IA 50316.
[Hauser Funeral Home obituary]
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