Flora Hobbs Fiedler, 90, of Tifton, died Thursday, May 4, 2006, at Tift Health Care. Graveside funeral services will be held Monday, May 8, 2006, at 2:00 p.m. at Oak Ridge Cemetery. Rev. Mike Toluba will officiate with burial to follow. The family will receive friends on Sunday, May 7, 2006, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Ms. Fiedler was born on December 9, 1915 in Somerville, New Jersey and was the daughter of Walter Scott Hobbs and Josephine May Hobbs, both deceased. She was also preceded in death by her husband, William Damitz Fiedler, who died on September 5, 1992; two brothers, Fred Hobbs and George Hobbs; and one sister, Margaret Halley. She was a retired woolen mill worker and had also worked in a paint factory. She was of the Methodist faith and had lived in Tifton since 1972.
Ms. Fiedler is survived by six nephews: Fred Halley of Clifton Park, New York, Ronnie Hobbs of Apex, North Carolina, Kenneth Fiedler of Lebanon, New Jersey, Robert Halley of Earlsville, New Jersey, Richard Fiedler of Raritan, New Jersey, and Robert Fiedler of Raritan, New Jersey; one niece, Barbara Fiedler Haung of Somerville, New Jersey; and a close, family friend, Peggy Mathis of Tifton.