Mae Grace (Iehl) Bobst (1898-1966)

BOBST, DILLARD, FORSYTHE, IEHL, LAWRENCE, THOMPSON

Posted By: Eileen Reed
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:06:42

The Eagle Grove Eagle
Eagle Grove, Iowa
Thursday, February 17, 1966
Page 7, Column 5

Mrs. Clifford H. Bobst, 67, died Monday evening in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Dodge where she had been a patient for eighteen days.

Funeral services will be held this (Thursday) afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Sandvig Funeral Home with Rev. Bernard Olson officiating. Interment will be in Rose Hill Cemetery.

Her husband died Dec. 31st, 1965 at their farm home here.

Mrs. Bobst is survived by one son Merlin of Alexander, and one daughter Mrs. Palmer Thompson of Eagle Grove, five grandchildren and five great grandchildren. She is also survived by three sisters Mrs. Leo Lawrence and Mrs. Erwin Dillard of Port Ritchie, Fla. and Mrs. Arnold Forsythe of Glenville, Minn. and one brother Harry Iehl of Luck, Wis.

Mrs. Bobst was born in Troy Mills, Ia. Sept. 4, 1898, and her parents were Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Iehl. Mr. and Mrs. Bobst were married in Clarion, Jan. 3, 1917 and they farmed until 1938 at Alexander. Mr. Bobst was employed by the Dupont Co. in several states and later they operated a motel for eighteen years at Hot Springs, Mont. They retired and moved here a few years ago.