Paul Hoebing

Paul H. Hoebing was born Feb. 29, 1932, in Okarche, to Leonard and Clara Wiewel Hoebing, the youngest of eight children.

He grew up in Okarche, but completed his last three years of high school in Sedalia, Mo.

He graduated in 1950 and returned to Okarche prior to enlisting in the U. S. Navy in 1952. He served in the Korean War as an engineer in the machine room of the USS Magoffi n most of his four years of enlistment.

After separation from the Navy, he attended OSU Tech at Okmulgee with certification as an electrician.

He began his career with Otis Elevator in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, but in 1964 he relocated to Florida where he spent the remainder of his career with Miami Elevator.

He retired in 1992 and moved back to Okarche, where he was reacquainted with a friend who became the love of his life.

He married Vicki Ottis in January 1994 and they spent most of their married life in Okarche.

He loved to play golf, hunt and fish, but was somewhat more successful with golf, with one exception.

While living in Florida he caught a large sailfi sh, of which he was most proud.

He displayed it in his living room for many years until the wedding, at which time his brother, John, and friend, John Baustert, relocated it to a wall in the garage.

It finally was displayed in the screened porch he added to the house in 2002. Later he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and has spent the last three-and-a-half years at the Veterans Center in Norman, where he died on Monday, Nov. 18, 2019.

Paul was a wonderful brother, husband, uncle and friend.

He is survived by his wife, Vicki; two brothers, John Hoebing and wife, Rita, and Roger Hoebing and wife, Joanne; two sisters-in-law, Elaine Meyer and Kathy Ottis, and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and two sisters.

Services will be 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 25, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Okarche with Father Rick Stansberry offi ciating. Services are under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home, El Reno.

Our deepest thanks go to the Norman Veterans Center and Valir Hospice, who showered him with much love and tender care.

A special thank you to Dr. James Gerber, his longtime physician who was of utmost help to both Paul and Vicki in navigating this horrifi c disease.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimers Association, 6601 Broadway Extension, Suite 120, Oklahoma City, OK, 73116.