OBITUARIES

Nan D. Hobbs

1933 - 2021

Nan Hobbs was born into a large family in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, on Nov. 13, 1933. After she married Jay Hobbs in August 1951, Jay and Nan moved to California and settled in Tuolumne County, where they have lived ever since.

Nan was a homemaker and raised three daughters. She loved flowers, especially lilacs, and lilac was her favorite color. She was an accomplished quilt maker, which led her to become a member of the Sierra Quilt Guild for many years. Nan also did lovely embroidery work and enjoyed making sets of embroidered dish towels that she gave as gifts. Nan was a 35+ year member of TOPS, making many longtime friends there, and she enjoyed being a member of the Red Hat Society

She delighted in her grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. Nan loved watching baseball and was an enthusiastic fan of the San Francisco Giants. She was a loving wife and mother and will be greatly missed.

Nan is survived by her husband of 70 years, Jay Hobbs, of Sonora; her daughters, Cathy Calef (husband Dan), Renee Hobbs and Tracy Marquette ( husband Brian); as well as granddaughter Kelly Marquette MacDonald (husband Shane); and great-grandchildren Keelen and Lila. She also leaves numerous nieces and nephews and a host of longtime friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents and all of her siblings, as well as her granddaughter, Mallory Marquette Saueressig. Donations to honor Nan can be made to St Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

She will be interred at Mountain Shadow Cemetery in Sonora.

Notices

AWAD — A memorial service for Clyde Moses Awad will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, at Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home, 225 E. Rose at Lyons Street, Sonora. Burial with military honors will follow at Mountain Shadow Cemetery on Lyons-bald Mountain Road in Sonora. Mr. Awad, 97, died Monday, Aug. 30, at his home in Sonora. Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

DECOSTER — John L. Decoster, 46, died Thursday, Sept. 2, at his home in Groveland. Sierra Cremation and Burial Service is handling arrangements.

STAFFORD — A memorial service for Dequita “Clete” Stafford will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, at the Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Posse Clubhouse, 19130 Rawhide Road in Jamestown. Mrs. Stafford, 84, of Sonora, died Friday, Nov. 6, 2020. Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

WALLACE — Grace Wallace, 64, of Sonora, died Tuesday, Sept. 7, at

Avalon Care Center in Sonora. Sierra Cremation and Burial Service is handling arrangements.

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