Aberdeen: Services for Helen C. Bobby, 92, Aberdeen, are 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 2, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Pastor Tim Sersen officiating. Burial at Bethany Cemetery, Hosmer, at 2 p.m. Saturday. Helen died Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, at Avera St. Luke's Hospital.
Visitation will be from 1 to 8 p.m. Friday, with a prayer service at 8 p.m. at Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home, 1111 S. Main St.
Helen Christine Oberlander was born June 5, 1920, to Paul and Sophia (Kallenberger) Oberlander at Hosmer. This is the area where she grew up and graduated from Hosmer High School with the class of 1939. She worked for WPA and taught rural school.
On June 2, 1946, she married LaVern Bobby at Hosmer. They lived on a farm near Ipswich until 1955. They moved to Roscoe, where they owned and operated Bobby's Place until 1965, when they moved to Aberdeen and owned and operated Lucky's Tavern. From 1967 to 1982, they lived in Edgley, N.D., Bowdle and Roscoe. In 1982, they moved back to Aberdeen and she lived at the Bicentennial Apartments until recently moving to Aberdeen Health and Rehab.
Helen was a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. She taught Sunday school in Hosmer. She was a lifetime member of the VFW Auxiliary. She loved spending time with people and really enjoyed life. They loved traveling to see their children and grandchildren. She enjoyed playing Yahtzee, bingo and cards.
Grateful for having shared Helen's life are her children: Roger (Tillie) Bobby, Coon Rapids, Minn.; Duane (Linda) Bobby, Aberdeen; Albert (Lynn) Bobby, Hoffman Estates, Ill.; William (Margaret) Bobby, Bowdle; Dale (Verna) Bobby, Janesville, Minn.; Shirley (Wayne) LaBelle, Warner; grandchildren: Zachariah (Desiree), Joel (Sarah), Paul (Lisa), Kristine, Sarah, Matthew (Donna), the Rev. Samuel (Erica), Jacob (Sara), Jason (Krista), Josh and Miranda; and great-grandchildren: Eben, Tallauh, Grace, Sophia, Luke, Brooklynn, Eli, Avery, Autmn, Matthew Jr., Hannah, Judah, August, Benjamin, Adeline, Beatrice, Maizen, Aubrey, Trevon, Logan, Denver and Tevyn.
Helen is preceded in death by her huband, LaVern Bobby; parents, Paul and Sophia Oberlander; twin granddaughters: Angela and Rebecca Bobby; grandson, Douglas Nissen; and eight brothers and sisters.
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