Hockett, Arletha June (Blair) (1928 - 2020)

HOCKETT, BLAIR, HANSEN, KERN, HIPNAR, DEWEY

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 9/12/2020 at 20:14:20

Name of deceased: Arletha June Hockett (nee Blair)

Aged: 92 yrs, 2 mo, 25 days

Residence: Tennant, Shelby County, IA

Born: May 15, 1928; Shelby County, IA

Died: Aug. 9, 2020; Mercy Hospital, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA

Funeral services: Friday, Aug. 14, 2020; Pauley Jones Funeral, Harlan, IA; burial was in the Shelby Cemetery, Shelby, IA

Survived by: Children, Sheryl (spouse, James) Hansen of Sunrise Beach, MO, Carol Kern of Council Bluffs, IA, Jamie (spouse, Kristi) Hockett of Tennant, IA, and Pam (spouse, David) Hipnar of Vail, IA; 9 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Percy and Hazel (nee Dewey) Blair; husband, James J. Hockett (deceased Dec. 19, 2009); siblings, Dorothy Sorensen, Robert Blair, and Lois Schmidt; sister-in-law, Jacquetta Tucker

Education: Graduated from Harlan (IA) High School, Class of 1946

Religious affiliation: no information provided

Military service: n/a

Marriage: James J. Hockett; Aug. 2, 1946; Hiawatha, Brown County, KS

Employment: During high school, she worked at Pexton Drug Store, Harlan, IA; later, she helped with the accounting for Hockett Trucking; additionally, she worked as the Post Master in Tennant, IA for many years

Hobbies/Interests: baking; made pillbox hats for dance recitals; enjoyed playing cards; bowling; with her husband, she liked to travel, especially to Kansas City for Royals games and to the casinos in Council Bluffs, IA

Sources: harlanonline.com; kjan.com; knodfm.com; pauleyjones.com; findagrave.com