Evelyn Jobes

PITTSBURG, NH -- Mrs. Evelyn J. Jobes, 84, of Pittsburg, NH, and formerly of New Jersey, passed away on Sunday afternoon, December 26, 2010, at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH, after a period of failing health and with her son, Gary, by her side. She was born in Roaring Creek, Penn., on September 18, 1926, a daughter to the late Thomas and Mary Ellen (O’Sullivan) Balschi. Evelyn attended nursing school and received her certification as a registered nurse. She married Alfred Jobes in 1949. Her working career was wide and varied. She worked as a nurse for a time, first for the U.S. Navy at the end of World War II, and then for the Jersey Shore Medical Center. She later worked as a seamstress, and also as an electronics technician making military detonators for Irving Light & Electronics. Evelyn loved to play bingo, and dance the polka, and she loved western movies and country & western music. She was a three-time cancer survivor, and was a communicant at St. Albert’s Catholic Church in West Stewartstown. Evelyn moved to the north country of NH to live with her son Gary following his retirement from fire service in New Jersey. She leaves behind her son, Gary, of Pittsburg, NH; a sister, Catherine Driber of Point Pleasant, NJ; as well as nine nieces and nephews. Evelyn is preceded in death by her husband, Alfred, and five brothers. There are no public calling hours. A memorial Mass will be said at St. Albert’s Catholic Church in West Stewartstown on Saturday, January 15, 2011, at 10 a.m. The Rev. Craig Cheney will be the celebrant. Interment will take place at a later date in New Jersey. Expressions of sympathy in Mrs. Jobes’ memory may be made to ones choice of the Two Rivers Ride for Cancer, c/o Rosemary Mulliken at the First Colebrook Bank, 132 Main St., Colebrook, NH 03576; or the Granite State Independent Living, 350 Glen Ave., Suite 3, Berlin, NH 03570 (www.gsil.org); or to the Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation Center, 1 Verney Drive, Greenfield, NH 03047. Condolences may be offered to the family on-line by going to www.jenkinsnewman.com. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home, Colebrook, NH.

Evelyn Jobes

September 18, 1926 - December 26, 2010