Carolyn Kitty Hobbs

Carolyn (Kitty) Hobbs, age 84, loving wife of 62 years to Milton E. Hobbs, a devoted mother of four, grandmother of ten and great-grandmother of five, passed suddenly Saturday, February 25. Born and raised in Cork, Ga. as the last of eleven children to Nancy Ellis Powell and John Reilly Powell, Kitty worked as a homemaker, secretary, and lastly as a teacher's aide at Newton-Ransom Grade School for 15 years. Kitty led an active, happy life as an avid golfer at the Scranton Canoe Club and playing bridge with her friends. She derived tremendous joy taking part in the lives of her grandchildren, enveloping all with the warmth of family and tradition.

A viewing for family and friends will be held this Friday, March 2nd, from 4 to 7 p.m., at Lawrence E. Young Funeral Home, 418 S. State Street in Clarks Summit. Funeral service will be held Saturday, March 3rd, at 10 a.m. from Young's Funeral Home, with the services by the Reverend William Carter, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Clarks Summit. Interment will follow in the Forest Hill Cemetery in Dunmore. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested donations be made to the National Arthritis Foundation or your favorite charity .