John Charles Hobson

1895 - 1986  (91 years)

• Name	John Charles Hobson
  Born	18 Sep 1895	Missouri, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	19 Nov 1986	Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
  Buried	22 Nov 1986	Englewood Cemetery, Clinton, Henry County, Missouri, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I84799	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2014

  
  

  Family	Thelma Frances Diehl,   b. 4 Sep 1902, Missouri, USA ,   d. 15 Jan 1982, Clinton, Henry County, Missouri, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Married	4 Jun 1923	Missouri, USA
  Children	1. Charles Nelson Hobson,   b. 8 Mar 1930, Henry County, Missouri, USA ,   d. 10 Mar 1930, Henry County, Missouri, USA  (Age 0 years)   2. John Carroll Hobson,   b. 9 Apr 1931, Henry County, Missouri, USA ,   d. 30 Jun 2009, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, USA  (Age 78 years)   3. Betty June Hobson,   b. Abt 1935, Henry County, Missouri, USA   4. Nancy Sue Hobson,   b. 8 Oct 1937, Calhoun, Henry County, Missouri, USA ,   d. 26 Nov 2010, Clinton, Henry County, Missouri, USA  (Age 73 years)
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F38204	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S927] Obituary. HOBSON, John Charles b: Sep 18 1895, Leeton, Johnson Co, MO d: Nov 19 1986, Kansas City, Jackson Co, MO bur: Englewood Cemetery HI-HY, Clinton, Clinton Twp, Henry Co, MO John Hobson was born September 18, 1895, in Leeton, Missouri. His parents, Richard Nelson and Frances Grigsby Welch Hobson, and three brothers, Richard Elmer, Edward Walter, and Grigsby Nelson came to Leeton from Virginia before he was born. As a youth he was baptized in the Baptist Church of Leeton and more recently attended Drakes Chapel Church. He completed college at William Jewell in Liberty and joined the army December 8, 1917, and honorably discharged July 2, 1919. He was assigned to the 14th Co. 2 Regiment and stationed in Paris France as an airplane mechanic. He married Thelma F. Diehl on June 14, 1923, and they had three children, John Carroll Hobson, Prairie Village Kansas, Betty June Fey, Atlanta Georgia and Nancy Sue Dody (formerly Hite), Clinton; four grandchildren, Mana Hobson, San Francisco, California, Tana Hobson, Prairie Village, Kansas, Stacy (Hite) Wilson, Lee's Summit and Karen Hite, Warrensburg. John and Thelma Hobson operated a dry goods store on the north side of the Square in Clinton from 1927 through 1937, then they moved to their farm near Calhoun. In 1953, they started Hobson Furniture in Clinton. Mr. Hobson was a 65 year Mason and a Life Member of the Clinton Post of the V.F.W. He was preceded in death by his wife on January 15, 1982. Funeral services were held Saturday, November 22, at the Drake's Chapel Methodist Church. Burial was in Englewood.