~ IN MEMORY ~
Military veteran, NEA/DL Capt. Keith Raber Hoobler
July 11, 1923 ~ December 23, 2023
We note the passing of retired Northeast/Delta pilot
Captain Keith Raber Hoobler, age 100.
Keith began his commercial flying with Northeast Airlines 6-17-1957 and
retired with Delta Air Lines in 1983 based Miami. Widowed in 2020, Keith is survived by his 6 children,
along with 11 grandchildren, 23 great- grandchildren and 4 great- great-
grandchildren.
https://new.miamisprings.com/obituary-keith-raber-hoobler/
Keith Raber Hoobler lived a glorious 100 years on
this earth and went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on
December 23, 2023 in Sun City Center, Florida. Keith was born on July 11, 1923
on the family farm in Gridley, Illinois to parents Harley and Mabel Hoobler. He
was a graduate of Gridley High School and the University of Illinois. He had a
love for flying all his life and took his first flying lesson at the ag of 17.
He followed that dream and was behind a cockpit of
a plane until he retired in 1983 as
a Delta Airlines Senior Captain. He was proud of
his time spent in the Naval Air Corp as a young man and he loved to talk about
all the airplanes he flew. He met the love of his life Lois McNamee while in
college and they married in 1945. They lived in Miami Springs, Florida and
raised a family of 6 children there and celebrated their 75th wedding
anniversary shortly before she passed away in 2020.
He is survived by 6 children. David (Lola), Paul
(Peggy), James (Nancy), Martha (Alan), Susan (Hans), and Daniel (Karen). 11
grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren and 4 great- great- grandchildren. The
whole family is grateful to God for the incredible amount of time He gave us
with Dad before He took him home and for all the memories we will keep in our
hearts.
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205911630/lois-hoobler
Lois Hoobler
BIRTH 30
Oct 1923
DEATH 12
Jul 2020 (aged 96)
Sun City Center, Hillsborough County, Florida
BURIAL Skyway
Memorial Gardens
Palmetto, Manatee County, Florida
I loved flying with Keith. One trip we laid over in DC. Keith had brought with him the instrument panel from Lindbergh's mailplane which had crashed on the Hoobler farm in the20's. He presented it to the Smithsonian. Great Guy, fine pilot.
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