Kathleen Ann Hockabout

Kathleen (Haynie) Hockabout, 93, of Glenwood, passed away on Friday, December 26, 2014 at the Hospice with Heart House in Glenwood. Funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at the Loess Hills Funeral Home in Glenwood with Rev. Dean McPherson officiating. Burial will be in the Glenwood Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Monday, December 29, 2014 at the funeral home.

Memorial Fund has been established.

Kathleen Ann Hockabout, the oldest of three children of Charles Lafayette and Mary Gail (McManigal) Haynie, was born on February 11, 1921 on a farm in Glenwood Township, south of what was Mills Station, near Glenwood, Iowa. In 1927, the family moved to a farm in Lyons Township southwest of the Elm Grove Country School, where Kathleen attended. Her family moved back to the farm near Mills Station and Kathleen graduated from the Glenwood High School in 1939. Kathleen held numerous jobs through the years; Martin Bomber Plant (now Offutt Air Force Base), secretary at the Welfare Office in Glenwood, Deputy Mills County Clerk of Court, secretary (twice) at the Glenwood State School, local telephone operator, and legal secretary for Glenwood attorney, L.T. Genung, until retirement.

Kathleen and Orville Raymond Hockabout were married on January 14, 1944 at the Methodist Parsonage in Seneca, Kansas. They made their home on a farm southeast of Glenwood and their marriage was blessed with a daughter Orla Rayleen and a son Reginald Kent. In 1958, they moved to live in Glenwood.

Kathleen belonged to the Loyal Lyonnettes 4-H club, during her school years. She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, Glenwood Saddle Club, served as Glenwood Cemetery Board secretary and on the Mills County Extension Council, and was a member of the Mills County Museum and Indian Creek Museum. While living on the farm, they attended a monthly Saturday night get-together with area families, called "Hi Neighbor Club". Kathleen enjoyed sewing, loved to read, work on family genealogy, and volunteered at the Glenwood Library. She loved spending time with friends and her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren were her pride and joy.

Kathleen passed away on December 26, 2014 at the Hospice with Heart Home in Glenwood, at the age of 93 years, 10 months, and 15 days. She was preceded in death by her parents; beloved husband Raymond on March 7, 1991; and sister-in-law Ann Haynie.

Kathleen is survived by her daughter Rayleen Jackson and husband Gary; son Reg Hockabout and wife Christy, all of Glenwood; grandchildren, Courtney Nelson and husband Russell of Neola, IA, Brooke Kingery of Hamburg, IA, Ashley Wells and husband Scott of Council Bluffs, IA, and Clint Hockabout of Round Rock, TX; great grandchildren, Jackson and Leyton Nelson, Cailee and Madison Kingery, Carter and Mackenzie Wells, and Colton and Colin Hockabout; brothers, Keith Haynie of Council Bluffs, and Bob Haynie and wife Patricia of Las Vegas, NV; sister-in-law Lois Hockabout of Tabor, IA; other relatives; and many friends.