May Elizabeth HOBART

1914 - 2008  (94 years)

• Name	May Elizabeth HOBART
  Birth	22 Oct 1914	Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
  Gender	Female
  Death	20 Nov 2008	Baldwin Park, Los Angeles, California
  Burial	29 Nov 2008	Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, Los Angeles, California, Sunrise Slope #6207
  Notes	May Hobart Zentmyer, 94, died Nov. 20, 2008, after a brief illness, in Baldwin Park, Calif. She was the mother of longtime La Cañada residents Gary Zentmyer and Jeanie Riddell and San Diego resident John Zentmyer. May was born in Los Angeles on Oct. 22, 1914. She graduated from UCLA, where she was women's editor of the Daily Bruin. It was there she met her future husband, the sports editor, John Zentmyer. After graduation, she became society editor for the Los Angeles Citizen News, covering such events as the first Lux Radio Theater broadcast, and the Screen Actors' Guild Ball at the Coconut Grove. Her husband's career as an air traffic controller found her moving around the country, raising their family in Northern California, Texas, Florida and Virginia, before returning to Southern California. They immediately gravitated to the church they'd attended during college, the First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood, where they served faithfully for many years. After earning California credentials, May became a teacher and librarian in Watts. After 20 years she returned to UCLA, earning a master's degree in library science. She finished her career in 1980 as a consulting librarian for the Los Angeles Unified School District. Always wanting to be productive, she next became the director of Christian Education at their church, St. Andrew's of Redondo Beach, a position she held until 1987. She and John then traveled extensively, and contributed many volunteer hours to their church. Her hobby of collecting early children's literature resulted in her being honored with a UCLA Distinguished Alumni award. She is survived by John H. Zentmyer (Jill), Gary Zentmyer (Claudia), Jeanie Riddell, grandchildren Mark Zentmyer (Tiffany), Scott Riddell, Eric Zentmyer, Michael Riddell, Brian Zentmyer, Jeffrey Riddell (Katy), Becky Zentmyer, Will Zentmyer, Ellie McGee, and great-grandson Thomas Zentmyer. Services will be held at Royal Oaks Manor in Bradbury on Saturday, Nov. 29, at 3:30 p.m. Contributions in her memory may be made to The American Lung Association, 61 Broadway, New York, NY 10006. -- La Canada Valley Sun, 27 Nov 2008 She was named 'May Elizabeth' after her two grandmothers.
  Person ID	I2895	Zentmeyer Main Tree
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2022

  
  

  Father	Frank Grant HOBART,   b. 3 Mar 1882, Carthage, Hancock, Illinois d. 2 Aug 1966, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Jeanette BRUTSCHÉ,   b. 20 Dec 1880, Denison, Grayson, Texas d. 07 Oct 1978, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California (Age 97 years)
  Marriage	17 Oct 1906	St. Lukes Episcopal Church, Denison, Grayson, Texas
  Photos » Slide Show		Marriage Certificate for Frank Hobart and Jeanette Brutsche From the Zentmyer Collection. Married by E.L. Crittenton, Rector, at St. Luke's Church, Denison, Texas
  		Marriage Record from St. Luke's Episcopal Church Image courtesy John Zentmyer
  		Frank and Jeanette's first residence in Los Angeles (right, front) From the Zentmyer Collection. This house still exists, it is currently addressed as 1641 Morton Ave., Los Angeles, California near Elysian Park. The Hobarts moved here in 1911, not long after the 1909 death of Joseph Brutsche, Jeanette's father, in Texas.
  		Frank and Jeanette's newly-built house at 644 N. Manhattan Pl., Hollywood, California From the Zentmyer Collection. The girl on the tricycle is May Hobart Zentmyer, so this image dates from about 1918, the year the family moved in. The Hobarts lived here until Jeanette moved into an assisted living facility in the 1970s. The house has since been replaced by an apartment building.
  		A fine day in 1949 at 644 N. Manhattan Place, Hollywood From the Zentmyer Collection. Top: your webmaster Gary, John, and May Zentmyer, Mary Strahorn Zentmyer, Jeanette and Frank Hobart. Bottom: John H. Zentmyer, Frank Hobart Jr., the likely photographer being George Zentmyer Sr. So, John was 37, May was 35. This photograph was colorized from a black-and-white original by the AI program DeOldify, which apparently didn't know about all the red hair.
  Family ID	F23128	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Miles ZENTMYER,   b. 22 Jan 1912, North Platte, Lincoln, Nebraska d. 9 Feb 1997, Manhattan Beach, Los Angeles, California (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	16 Jul 1938	Los Angeles, California
  Children	1. John Hobart ZENTMYER   2. Gary Arthur ZENTMYER + 3. Jean Elizabeth ZENTMYER
  Photos		May and John Zentmyer A view at 644 N. Manhattan Place shortly after May and John's wedding. Photo from the Zentmyer Collection.
  		A fine day in 1949 at 644 N. Manhattan Place, Hollywood From the Zentmyer Collection. Top: your webmaster Gary, John, and May Zentmyer, Mary Strahorn Zentmyer, Jeanette and Frank Hobart. Bottom: John H. Zentmyer, Frank Hobart Jr., the likely photographer being George Zentmyer Sr. So, John was 37, May was 35. This photograph was colorized from a black-and-white original by the AI program DeOldify, which apparently didn't know about all the red hair.
  Family ID	F366	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 May 2018

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		May Hobart, patriotic nurse Photo taken shortly after the US entered World War I in 1917.
  		Frank and Jeanette's newly-built house at 644 N. Manhattan Pl., Hollywood, California From the Zentmyer Collection. The girl on the tricycle is May Hobart Zentmyer, so this image dates from about 1918, the year the family moved in. The Hobarts lived here until Jeanette moved into an assisted living facility in the 1970s. The house has since been replaced by an apartment building.
  		Poem by May Zentmyer, age 9, anticipating Thanksgiving Published in the Los Angeles Times 'Junior Times' edition dated September 14, 1924
  		Frank Hobart Jr. AKA 'Bud' and May Zentmyer On the porch at 644 N. Manhattan Place, about 1927
  		May Hobart Zentmyer Image by Gary Zentmyer
  		Headstone for May Hobart Zentmyer Located at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, Los Angeles, California - Sunrise Slope #6207-4 Photo by Gary Zentmyer
  		Location of Headstones in Forest Lawn Cemetery Sunrise Slope #6207, corner of Sunrise Way and Memory Lane near 'Overell' statue Image courtesy Gary Zentmyer