Lucille Hobbs Zbinden

Lucille Hobbs Zbinden passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Sunday, June 28, 2009, at the Logan Regional Hospital. Lucille was born on August 18, 1917, in Benson, Cache, Utah, the sixth child of eleven children born to Samuel Catmull and Mary Anderson Hobbs. She grew up in Benson, and lived with her grandmother, Caroline Pederson Anderson, for nine years.

She graduated from North Cache High School in 1935. She moved to Logan and worked as a nanny for four years and then at the Royal Bakery.

On June 12, 1944, she enlisted in the Navy in the WAVES (Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service). She was stationed in New York City; Oakland, California, and then Mauna Loa Ridge in Hawaii. Following her discharge from the Navy in 1946, she gained employment at Remington Rand Typewriter Company in San Francisco.

Lucille married Alma Wilford Zbinden on October 10, 1947, in the Logan LDS Temple. They lived in Ogden where Al was employed. In 1959 they moved to Logan on Canyon Road. They worked hard together taking care of their acreage where they grew several varieties of apples, raspberries, vegetables and flowers.

Lucille loved to sew and crochet and taught her daughters these skills. Summers were busy canning and freezing fruits and vegetables. She made delicious fruit leathers and jams.

She was employed for several years as a cook at the Logan Junior High School and then with American Greeting Cards.

Lucille has been a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She served in the presidencies of the Primary, Mutual, and Relief Society. She performed much compassionate service and was always willing to help those in need. She especially enjoyed her calling as an Officiator at the Logan Temple and served at the temple for a total of 22 years.

She took great delight in attending family gatherings. She loved being with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She would enjoy playing board games with them and usually won. She had an amazing memory and could recite poetry she learned in her school years. She loved holding her newborn great-grandchildren and felt so blessed with her posterity.

She is survived by her three daughters, Sharon (Brent) Parker of Mt. Sterling, Janet LaRue of Logan, and Kristine Stapp of Mesa, Arizona; her brother, Glen (Beth) Hobbs of Benson; her sister, De Esta Naylor of Twin Falls, Idaho; and two sisters-in-law, Gayle Hobbs of Logan and LeMoyne Hobbs of Salt Lake City. She has 15 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren, and three more coming this year.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Alma; her brothers Earnest, Orval, Melvin and Virgil; and her sisters, Mary, Irene, Edna and Ruby.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, July 2, 2009, at 1:00 p.m. at the Crockett Ward Chapel, 325 Lauralin Drive in Logan, with Bishop Russ Akina conducting. Friends and family may call from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Allen-Hall Mortuary, 34 East Center Street, Logan, and from 11:30 to 12:30 Thursday at the ward chapel. Burial will be in the Logan City Cemetery.