John Alexander Hoblit III 1 2
- Born: 14 July 1911, Atlanta, Logan, Illinois, United States 1 2
- Marriage (1): Gertrude R. Koch on 29 August 1948
- Died: 21 May 1959, Atlanta, Logan, Illinois, United States at age 47 1 2
- Buried: After 21 May 1959, Atlanta Cemetery, Atlanta, Logan, Illinois, United States 2
 Death Notes:
Name: John Hoblit
Given Name: John
Surname: Hoblit
Event Type: Death
Event Date: May 1959
Age: 48
Birth Date: 14 Jul 1911
Citing this Record
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J186-7ZD : 4 December 2020), John Hoblit, May 1959; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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Noted events in his life were:
1. Cemetery: Atlanta Cemetery, After 21 May 1959, Atlanta, Logan, Illinois, United States. 2 John's name appears on the large HOBLIT family pedestal monument that was erected by the family. It shows his name below the names of his parents and under the heading of "Their Children" and reads "John A., 1911 - 1959". His original gravestone is a cubic flat top marker of gray granite approximately 24" wide and 12" tall. The inscription reads "John A. Hoblit, 1911 - 1959".
Find A Grave Memorial #44432564
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2. Obituary: Galesburg Register-Mail, 22 May 1959, Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States. 2 LIGHTNING KILLS ATLANTA FARMER
ATLANTA, Ill. (AP)'97J. Alex Hoblit, 48-year-year-old member of a pioneer central Illinois farm family, was killed by lightning Thursday in a field of his farm.
Hoblit was struck from the seat of a tractor while he was operating a sprayer. He was pronounced dead at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln.
Hoblit was an owner of the Hoblit Feed Company, and a director of the Atlanta National Bank. His widow, brothers Franklin and Joseph, and a sister, Mrs. Nancy Wertheim, all of Atlanta, survive him.
(Source: Galesburg Register-Mail, Galesburg, Illinois, 22 May 1959, p. 14)
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John married Gertrude R. Koch on 29 August 1948. (Gertrude R. Koch was born on 17 December 1907 in Tremont, Tazewell, Illinois, United States,3 4 died on 2 June 1977 in Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States 3 4 and was buried after 2 June 1977 in Atlanta Cemetery, Atlanta, Logan, Illinois, United States 3.)
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