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HOBBS, LOUIS EDWARD, 90
HOBBS, LOUIS EDWARD, 90, a former longtime resident of Piermont, N.H., died November 5 at Woodridge Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Berlin. Lou was born in Haverhill on Jan. 10, 1922, a son of Edward G. and Lois (Rogers) Hobbs. Lou served with the U.S. Army during World War II in Germany as a military police officer. After returning home, he worked for the Jacobs family for 33 years at the former Lake Tarleton Resort in Piermont. He later worked for 25 years in the Piermont Post Office. He served the town as a member of the Piermont Planning Board for 20 years, supervisor of the checklist and trustee of the town trust funds and Piermont cemetery commissioner. He was also a member of the Ross Wood American Legion Post 20 of Woodsville. He married Eunice V. Sanborn on Dec. 5, 1947, and she predeceased him on July 20, 2003. He was also predeceased by a daughter, Lovena Royolsky; by two sisters, Bertha White and Emma Hobbs; and by four brothers, his twin, Leon, John, Arthur and Dennis. Survivors include one daughter, Jacquelynn Blake, of Barre, and two sons, Edward Hobbs, of Scottsvale, Va., and Michael Hobbs, of Fairlee; 10 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
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