Marjorie Ann Hobbs, 99, longtime
Marietta, OK resident, passed away on Wednesday, February 1,
2023, at the Arbuckle Memorial Hospital in Sulphur, OK.
Funeral
services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 4, 2023,
at the Eastside Baptist Church in Marietta with Pastor Brett Alberda officiating. Services are under the direction of
Flanagan-Watts Funeral Home.
Marjorie was born December 14,
1923 in Coronado, CA to the late Benjamin Franklin and Hazel
Anna (Taylor) Oliphant. She attended primary school at Lincoln
and later attended the St. Agnes Academy, before graduating from
Ardmore High School in 1941. She later furthered her education
by receiving her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from
Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant, and later
receiving her master's in school administration from East
Central University in Ada. She was a 5th grade teacher, and
later elementary principal in Marietta, from 1962 to 1992.
She married Roland Lee Brewster
Hobbs on January 10, 1942 in Elk City, OK. Marjorie and Roland
spent six months together before he enlisted in the United
States Navy as a Seabee. He was away for 32 months serving in
the South Pacific. During World War II many of the ladies back
home served in various capacities. Marjorie moved to Fort Worth
and later to San Francisco to work on planes and warships. She
learned how to rivet and later was eager to share her
experiences. She was a proud member of the Rosie the Riveter
Association.
Marjorie was a charter member of
the Eastside Baptist Church and was a member of the Oklahoma
Retired Educators Association.
She was preceded in death by her
parents; husband; sisters, Helen Madison, Hazel Maurine
Oliphant, and Shirley Finelli; and brothers, Jack Oliphant and
Ben Oliphant.
Those left to cherish Marjorie’s
memory are her sons, David Hobbs and wife Susan of Ardmore, OK,
Larry Hobbs and wife Judy of Sulphur, and Mark Hobbs of
Marietta; daughter, Maryjane Sparks and husband John of
Hennepin, OK; grandchildren, Jeff Hobbs, Kimberly White, Ryan
Hobbs, Russell Hobbs, Rodney Hobbs, Jessica Alexander, Lauren
Johnson Sparks, Kathryn Bishop and John Dillon Sparks; great
grandchildren, Lily Ann Grace Hobbs, Livia Kathryn Hobbs, Hunter
White, Madalyn White, Deryn Hobbs, Hadyn Hobbs, Hudson Hobbs,
Harper Hobbs, Avery Hobbs, Karsyn Hobbs, Huntley Hobbs, Hannah
Hobbs, Caleb Hobbs, Eva Hobbs, Creede Alexander, Sam Johnson,
Drew Johnson, Aubrey Jane Bishop, Will Bishop, Jack Dillon
Bishop, Henry Sparks, Perri Jayne Sparks and Victoria Rose
Sparks; and several nieces and nephews.
Casket bearers will be Jeff Hobbs,
Ryan Hobbs, Russell Hobbs, Rodney Hobbs, Dillon Sparks and John
Sparks.
Funeral Service
Saturday, February 04, 2023
2:00 PM
Eastside Baptist Church
107 North Fernwood Ave.
Marietta, Oklahoma 73448
Interment
Saturday, February 04,
2023
Lakeview Cemetery
10589 Cemetery Road
Marietta, OK 73448
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