BLUE MOUNDS — Mrs. Thea Hobson, age 95, of Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, passed away on November 4, 1986, at her home at Little Norway. She was born on November 4, 1891, in Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin. She was the former Thea Dahle, daughter of Congressman Herman B. Dahle, a Mt. Horeb merchant, and his wife Anne (Kittleson) Dahle. She attended St. Olaf College at Northfield, Minnesota, for one year and, at that time, sang in the St. Olaf Choir. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1917 with a major in Home Economics. On June 26, 1917, she was married to Asher Hobson of Kansas. From 1917 to 1929 the Hobsons lived in
the State of Washington, New York City, Geneva, Switzerland, and Rome, Italy. In 1929 they returned to the United States and lived in Washington, D.C. until 1931 when they moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where Dr. Hobson joined the staff at the University of Wisconsin, as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Agriculture Economics. Mrs. Hobson was a member of Chapter V P.E.O. and Daughters of Demeter. Dr. Hobson retired from the University in 1953 and in 1959 the Hobsons moved to Little Norway, Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, where they led an active life as owners and managers of this pioneer museum. Mrs. Hobson was a sister of Isak Dahle, founder of Little Norway. She was preceded in death by a son, Dr. Merk Hobson, former Executive Vice President at the University of Nebraska. She is survived by her husband, Asher Hobson; a daughter, Marcelaine Winner; a son-in-law, Atty. John D. Winner; a daughter-in-law, Jane G. Hobson, all of Madison; five grandsons; and three great-grandsons. Funeral services will be held at the Chapel of Mt. Horeb Evangelical Lutheran Church on Saturday, November 8. Reverend Bill Redman will officiate. Burial will be at Mt. Horeb Cemetery.

The Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin
Thursday, November 6, 1986