Hobbs, Robert Andrews (Bob)
appeared in Seattle Times, 14 Aug 2012
Description
- Media Type
- Genealogical Resource
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Obituaries
- Notes
- Birth Date: 1918-03-21
Spouse: Elsie Louise Clarke (Louise(
Survived by: His wife, Louise; four children, Susan Hobbs (Gerald Toner), Jane (Mark) Burns, Robert (Norma) Hobbs and Jim (Barbara) Hobbs; four grandchildren, U.S. Army 1st Lieutenant Clarke Burns, Austin Toner, Alexandra Burns and Jonathan Hobbs; a cousin, Catherine Gray; a nephew, Robert Rose; a niece, Nancy Hobbs
Age 94; retired Rear Admiral, U.S. Naval Reserve; born to Albert Langford Hobbs and Amy Elizabeth Andrews Hobbs in Omaha NB; father worked in life insurance business and mother purchased/renovated homes and apartment buildings; attended U. of Iowa, U. of Nebraska and received degree in political science from U. of Washington; served in U.S. Navy during WWII as pilot with U.S. Pacific fleet; married in August 1943 in Norfolk VA (Louise serving as officer in U.S. Coast Guard); 1965-67 Commander of Naval Air Reserve Staff at Sand Point Naval Air Station in Seattle WA, Northeastern Area Representative to the Commander at Naval Air Reserve in Glenview IL, 1972 promoted to Rear Admiral, 1971-71 Commander of Naval Reserve Readiness Command in Seattle; also worked in insurance business; raised family on Mercer Island WA; preceded in death by his sister, Barbara and brother, MacDonald Hobbs - Date of Publication
- 14 Aug 2012
- Date Of Event
- June 2, 2012
- Last Name(s)
-
Hobbs
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Contact
- Glenview Public LibraryEmail:genealogy@glenviewpl.org
URL
Address:
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Glenview, IL 60025
847-729-7500
