- Lola Mae Hoback, 93
Posted Nov 22, 2005
OSCEOLA - Lola Mae (Beck) Hoback, 93, formerly of the Central City and Clarks area, died Sunday, Nov. 20, 2005, at the Osceola Good Samaritan Center.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the United Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Doug McHargue and Ellen Campbell officiating. Burial will be at 2 p.m. in the Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery at Grand Island.
Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the church. Solt Funeral Home in Central City is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Hoback was born on Jan. 8, 1912, in Merrick County to David and Fern (Trullinger) Beck.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ed Hoback, on Jan. 31, 1991.
Survivors of the immediate family include three daughters and sons-in-law, Edwardine "Eddy" and Gary Lindgreen of Central City, Ettagean and Eldon Hillers of Bellevue, and Karen and Tom Shonquist of LaVista; and a son and daughter-in-law, Eugene and Sandra Hoback of Central City.
Also surviving are 15 grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Lola Mae attended Pleasant Hill Country School and graduated from Clarks High School. She continued her education by attending Nebraska Central College in Central City. She taught six terms in Nance and Merrick County.
During her teaching years, her husband-to-be, Ed Hoback, moved west of the Pierce Chapel Community on the Russell farm. Ed was working for area farmers when Lola met him. Since teachers were not allowed to be married, they were secretly married in Litchfield on Aug. 23, 1936, by a former Clarks Methodist minister, the Rev. E.W. Price. They kept their marriage secret even from their parents for quite some time. Even though Ed only had a few coins in his pocket at the time of the marriage, they did manage to go to a movie.
Their first home was on the Guy Darling farm in the Fairview Community, and then they moved to a farm near Clarks for one year. From there, they moved to the neighborhood west of Central City to the Tom Osterman place, which they farmed for many years. All five of their children were born and raised here.
Lola's main focus was her family, and she worked hard baking, gardening, canning, and sewing for them. She helped Ed with the milking, the field work, and also with the trucking business he had for 24 years. Through all the years of hard work, her devotion for her family was always strong.
In 1966, they purchased the Kendall farm and built a new home. When they retired, their son Eugene took over the farming operation. Ed and Lola traveled in their motor home and enjoyed making new friends. They spent several years wintering in McAllen, Texas. Ed died on Jan. 31, 1991. Lola bought a home in Clarks and lived there until moving to Osceola Good Samaritan Home in 2002.
Lola was a member of the United Presbyterian Church in Central City. She enjoyed gardening, sewing, music and playing the piano.
Those preceding her in death were her parents; her husband; a daughter, Joyce E. Metzler, on Jan. 18, 1994; a brother, Harold Beck; and a sister, Helen Fleshman.
Memorials are suggested to the United Presbyterian Church in Central City or the Good Samaritan Home. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.soltfh.com.
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1912 - 2005 (93 years)
