Raymond Malan Hobbs

Raymond Malan Hobbs, beloved husband, father, brother, grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather, passed away peacefully, December 20, 2024, at his home at the age of 100. Ray was born March 13, 1924, in Ogden, Utah, the youngest of six children, to loving parents, Charles James and Teresa Una Malan Hobbs. He was a graduate of Ogden High School. 

Ray married the love of his life on October 19, 1944, in Roswell, New Mexico. Lois Fay Crosbie, his eternal sweetheart, preceded him in death on July 24, 2012. Ray and Lois were sealed in the Logan LDS Temple in the summer of 1945. 

Ray leaves 146 living descendants, including 4 children, 33 grandchildren, 92 great-grandchildren and if we counted right 17 great-great-grandchildren. 

Ray and Lois are the parents of six children, Susan (Dennis) Stokes of North Ogden; Janet (Keith) Kappes of Morehead, KY, (preceded in death 2022); Bradley (Jolene) Hobbs of Corrine (preceded in death 1992); Randy (Jan) Hobbs of Ogden, Utah; Cindy (John) Higley of Preston, Idaho; and Tracee (Darron) Pulsipher of Salt Lake City. 

A devoted member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ray loved serving in numerous church positions. He was a member of the Sullivan Hollow 2nd Ward of the Weber Heights Stake. He loved the Lord and shared his love of the gospel with everyone he met. 

He worked at the Ogden Standard-Examiner and Salt Lake Tribune for many years to support his family and was the former owner of Intermountain Auto of Ogden. He loved working with wood at his home and made unique spoons and jewelry bowls. Ray was a man of many talents. 

He enlisted in the U. S. Army Air Corps in 1942 and later became a commissioned officer and the command pilot of a B-17 bomber stationed in Horham, England, as part of the 95th Bomb Group of the Eighth Air Force during WWll. Ray was very proud of his participation in the ‘Operation Chowhound’ missions by allied flyers, which dropped food to the starving Dutch saving an estimated 300,000 Dutch civilians from starvation at the end of World War ll. He has been an active member of the 95th Bomb Group Memorials Foundation and was also an honored guest at several reunions in the U. S. and England, including serving as host of the group’s reunion earlier this year in Ogden and Hill Air Force Base. 

No words can describe the love he had for his family and his sweetheart Lois. He will be remembered for his kindness, humility, patriotism and the love he shared with everyone. His family loved hearing his stories and he was always willing to share his great wisdom. He loved his independence and always spoke of the love of his family. 

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, December 28, 2024, at 11 a.m. at the Sullivan Hollow 2nd Ward, 976 33rd St. (corner of 33rd and Jackson). Friends may visit with family on Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the church. Interment, Ogden City Cemetery. 

We would like to extend a special thanks to the wonderful team of caretakers at Applegate Hospice for the exceptional and compassionate care provided. They developed a special relationship with Ray, and he loved them dearly. 

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