HOBAUGH, Geneva Cronkhite
Source: The obituary is from a collection by Fauniel Hershberger, saved the 1950's, 60's and 70's. She was a life long resident of Fountain County Indiana. The collection is now housed at Crawfordsville District Public Library.
WEST LEBANON, Ind. (CNS) -- Mrs. Geneva M. Hobaugh, 64, of West Lebanon, died at 6:20 a.m. Sunday (Aug. 22, 1976) at Community Hospital in Williamsport. She had been a patient a day and ill eight months. Born May 18, 1912, near Marshfield, she was the daughter of Albert and Nellie Goodrick Cronkhite. She was married Feb. 17, 1934, in Danville to G. Dean Hobaugh, a rural mail carrier, who died in 1961. A resident of the West Lebanon area all her life, she was a 1930 graduate of West Lebanon High. She had been employed the past 15 years at General Electric in Danville. She was a member of the West Lebanon Chapter 162 of the Order of Eastern Star where she was a past worthy matron and Danville GE Club. Survivors include a son, Donny of West Lebanon; three sisters, Mrs. Ethel Roderick of Danville and Mrs. Audrey Southers and Mrs. Albert Groff, both of West Lebanon; two brothers, Edwin Cronkhite of Alvin and Glenn Cronkhite of West Lebanon; and five grandchildren. Three brothers and two sisters preceded her in death. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Fisher Funeral Home, with the Rev. Henry Koch officiating. Burial will be in West Lebanon Cemetery. Visitation will be at the funeral home from 6-9 p.m. today. --typed by Walt W