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Hobert Calvin White
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April 5, 1926 ~ April 21, 2013 |
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May 6, 2013 |
 Hobert
Calvin "Hobie" White, was born April 5, 1926, in
Medoc, Missouri, to Edmond and Rachel White.
During the summer of 1935 he moved with his
family to land east of Moyie Springs.
Hobert attended school at the Buckhorn School.
After completing the eighth grade, He went to
work at a tie mill owned by Elton King at Moyie
Springs. In 1944, while working for the Great
Northern Railway, he entered the Army, serving
in World War II. At the end of the war and after
his discharge, he went to work for Pete Carmack
and his son, Bill, in their sawmill at Meadow
Creek.
The winter of 1949, he tended bar at the Moyie
Club for Emmett and Ruby Walters and in the
spring of 1950 went to work for the Moyie River
Lumber Company Sawmill. In April 1953, he went
back to work for the Great Northern Railway and
worked there until injured on the job while
working on the bridge crew in Canada in 1972.
Hobert also worked part-time for Winston Cook
and Ray Houck, doing small engine repair at
their shop for many years.
Hobert married Helen, the only child of William
and Agnes Crabb Clark, on June 3, 1950. Hobert
adopted Helen’s two children from a previous
marriage, Gaila (White) Dobberthein and Stephen
White and together Hobert and Helen had three
more children, Richard (Rick) White, Wanda White
and Annette White.
Hobert’s greatest enjoyment was gardening, to
include fruit and nut trees. He was an avid
promoter of the Farmers Market and past
president of that organization.
On Thursdays you would always find Hobert at
John Sater’s Auction. He loved a good bargain
but, enjoyed the time spent with his friends at
a place that provided a warm and friendly
atmosphere.
Hobert also loved the great outdoors that
Boundary County provided.
He spent late summers picking huckleberries and
enjoyed countless hunting seasons. Hobert spent
the later part of his life in Colorado Springs,
Colorado, with his son and daughter-in-law Rick
and Sally (Phillips) White. Dad lived with us
for six wonderful years prior to needing a
nursing care environment.
Hobert was active in the Fountain Valley Senior
Center and attended Good Shepherd United
Methodist Church, where he made many friends.
Hobert passed away at the age of 87 at the
Valley Vista Long Term Care Facility, Sandpoint,
on Sunday April 21, 2013, after a long battle
with dementia. He was preceded in death by his
parents, his wife, Helen White, sisters Maxine
Kucera, Fern Carmack and Twila White and brother
Douglas White.
Hobert is in God’s garden now and is likely
giving produce away at Heaven’s Farmers Market.
A memorial service will be announced and held at
a later date. |
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