HOBBS, Alfred Bacon, better known as A. B. Hobbs, died suddenly as he and Elsie were on their way home from Four Corners on April 26, 2000. They were about sixteen miles into New Mexico when he collapsed. He died on the way to the hospital in Shiprock, NM. For more than 32 years they have shared his children, Robert Hobbs, Richard Hobbs who died in infancy and Karlene Hobbs and Elsie's children, Delbert (Claire) Evans, James Evans and Anita Destrini who died in 1984. Their grandchildren are Stacy Hobbs, Cary (Harold) Thorsen, Heather Evans, John Destrini and Andrea Destrini and the great-grandchildren are Tanika Cisenros, Michael Hobbs, Jasmine Grijalva who died in infancy in 1993, Roxann Grijalva, Anita Destrini, Adrian Destrini and China Navalot. All of the survivors live in the Tucson area, except for China, who is with her mother in Virginia. A. B. was born 4 December 1920 in the Copper Queen Hospital in Bisbee, AZ. His family homesteaded in New Mexico after the mines closed in Bisbee. After graduation from Roswell High School in 1940 he volunteered in the United States Army and was stationed at Schofield on Pearl Harbor Day. He is a retired Regular Army Major and worked for thirty-five years for the Water Department in Tucson. He is a member of the City of Tucson Retirees Association (CTRA), the Retired Officers Association and the Elks Lodge #385. Funeral Service 9:30 a.m., Thursday, May 4, 2000 at EAST LAWN PALMS MORTUARY CHAPEL, 5801 E. Grant Rd., with Dr. Loren McBain of Catalina Baptist Church officiating. Burial follows at East Lawn Palms Cemetery. You may visit with A. B. and Elsie one half hour before the service on Thursday.
HOBBS, Alfred Bacon, better known as A. B. Hobbs, died suddenly as he and Elsie were on their way home from Four Corners on April 26, 2000. They were about sixteen miles into New Mexico when he collapsed. He died on the way to the hospital in Shiprock, NM. For more than 32 years they have shared his children, Robert Hobbs, Richard Hobbs who died in infancy and Karlene Hobbs and Elsie's children, Delbert (Claire) Evans, James Evans and Anita Destrini who died in 1984. Their grandchildren are Stacy Hobbs, Cary (Harold) Thorsen, Heather Evans, John Destrini and Andrea Destrini and the great-grandchildren are Tanika Cisenros, Michael Hobbs, Jasmine Grijalva who died in infancy in 1993, Roxann Grijalva, Anita Destrini, Adrian Destrini and China Navalot. All of the survivors live in the Tucson area, except for China, who is with her mother in Virginia. A. B. was born 4 December 1920 in the Copper Queen Hospital in Bisbee, AZ. His family homesteaded in New Mexico after the mines closed in Bisbee. After graduation from Roswell High School in 1940 he volunteered in the United States Army and was stationed at Schofield on Pearl Harbor Day. He is a retired Regular Army Major and worked for thirty-five years for the Water Department in Tucson. He is a member of the City of Tucson Retirees Association (CTRA), the Retired Officers Association and the Elks Lodge #385. Funeral Service 9:30 a.m., Thursday, May 4, 2000 at EAST LAWN PALMS MORTUARY CHAPEL, 5801 E. Grant Rd., with Dr. Loren McBain of Catalina Baptist Church officiating. Burial follows at East Lawn Palms Cemetery. You may visit with A. B. and Elsie one half hour before the service on Thursday.
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