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Bobbie Lee Hibbs
Oct 23,1925 - Jan 4, 2013
Submitted by: Jo Aguirre
Bobbie Lee Hibbs, longtime resident of Ponca
City, passed away Friday, January 4, 2013 at the
Ponca City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
She was 87 years of age.
Bobbie was born October 23, 1925 in Miami,
Oklahoma, the daughter of Joseph Fain Willson
and Emilie (Kunzer) Willson. She was a graduate
of Miami High School. She was married to Joseph
L. “Joe” Hibbs on December 2, 1944 in Ponca
City. The couple made their first home in
Denver, Colorado as her husband was stationed
there in the Air Force. The couple then moved to
Miami, Oklahoma and then to Ponca City in 1945.
Mrs. Hibbs was employed in earlier years as a
sales clerk with the Howards store in Ponca
City.
She was a volunteer at the Ponca City Hospital
for many years and helped work the voting polls
in Ponca City. She was an avid bowler from the
1950’s thru the 1980’s. She enjoyed reading,
especially Louis L’Amour books.
She is survived by her two children, Jay Hibbs
and wife, Betty, and Sharon Hunt and husband,
Duane, all of Ponca City; one brother, Jim
Willson of Tulsa; 3 grandchildren, Joel Hibbs,
Angelia Hamlin and husband, Kirk, and Paul Hunt;
2 great granddaughters, Jessica Hamlin and
Kimberlyn Hamlin; numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her
husband Joe, in July 1976; one brother, Lloyd
Wilson and one sister, Anna Mae Stoner.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at Grace Memorial
Chapel with Rev. Tom Ramsey presiding. Interment
will be in the Ponca City IOOF Cemetery.
Casket bearers will be Jay Hibbs, Duane Hunt,
Paul Hunt and Joel Hibbs.
Memorial contributions may be made to Image
Hospice, 114 South Main, Blackwell, Oklahoma
74631or to the Ponca City Humane Society, 900
West Prospect, Ponca City, Oklahoma 74601.
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