Rev. Geo. Lobdell
Dies Here After Lengthy Illness
Former Chico First Christian church pastor, Rev. George L. Lobdell, 80, of 1421 Locust Street, Chico, died yesterday afternoon at the Enloe hospital after a long illness.
Services will be held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning at the Nugent Funeral Chapel with Rev. Henry L. Searle of the First Christian church officiating. Interment will follow in the Masonic plot of the Chico cemetery and the Chico lodge No. 111, F. and A.M. will officiate.
The son of the late Britton and Maria Lobdell, Rev. Lobdell was born in North Sanford, N.Y. On March 10, 1865. His parents were farmers there. The youngest of ten children, he lived on the farm home and received his education. He taught in the Business college in Binghamton, .N.Y.
He went to Kansas where he was pastor at the Christian church of Grenola. He later moved to Eugene, Oregon, and graduated as minister from the University of Oregon and Eugene Divinity College.
Rev. Lobdell came to Chico as pastor of the First Christian church on September 16, 1906. A new church building was erected during the six years he was here. He was minister of the following Christian churches: Stockton, Eureka, Petaluma, Pacific Grove, Burley, Idaho; Salt Lake City, Utah. Rev. Lobdell retired in 1933 and returned to Chico to live.
He was a member of Chico Lodge No. 111, F. and A.M.; the Morning Star Chapter of O.E.S., No. 61, of Petaluma, and the Scottish Rite Bodies at Santa Rosa.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eugenia Lobdell and the following children: Robert Lobdell of North Sacramento; Mrs. A.T. Henderson of San Diego and Mrs. T.H. Blanchard of Pasadena. Eleven grandchildren survive him: Jean Lobdell, North Sacramento; Jean Eileen Blanchard and Donald Eugene Blanchard of Pasadena; Mrs. Margaret Chapman, San Diego; Robert Henderson, F-2c, U.S. Navy in the South Pacific; John Henderson, Frances Ann Henderson, Donald Henderson, Emma Lou Henderson, Richard Henderson and Charles Henderson, all of San Diego. Two great grandchildren: Paul Chapman, Jr., and Richard Chapman, both of San Diego, also survive him. A sister, Clara Williams of Oakland, and the following nieces and nephews: L. Hapgood Lobdell, Britton Lobdell, George Lobdell, all of Chico; and Mrs. James Dye and Mrs. Paul Pierce of Pasadena, Calif.
