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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Richard Jobe
Richard
Jobe
Feb 2, 1936 — Mar 22, 2022
Richard Jobe's Obituary
Richard JOBE
February 2, 1936 - March 22, 2022
Dr. Richard R. Jobe was born on February 2, 1936 to Ray and Elsie Jobe in St. Louis, Missouri. He spent his childhood and youth surrounded by a loving family that included his beloved Aunt Ermily, Aunt Gertrude, and Uncle Gail, and numerous cousins. He is survived by his wife, Idalla, six children, and numerous grandchildren.
He graduated from Washington University of St. Louis and then from the medical school at the University of Missouri.
Having played piano in his youth, sang in musicals at the university, and then in medical school sang at The Muny Opera in St. Louis' Forest Park. He took part in such memorable shows as Rogers & Hammerstein's South Pacific and a Bob Hope Touring Production. He had a beautiful tenor voice and used it to great purpose on various occasions and at family events for the rest of his life.
After spending two years as a doctor in the Navy stationed at Parris Island, South Carolina, he moved west to Seattle with his young family. He spent the rest of his life in the Pacific Northwest, with a practice in Internal Medicine at the Polyclinic for three decades, and then as a hospitalist in his later years.
He was an avid sportsman his entire life. As a young man, his favorite sports were basketball and baseball. In medical school he took up tennis, and in his 30s and early 40s was known as a fierce competitor at clubs and on courts throughout the Seattle area. He took full advantage of everything the Northwest had to offer, making many hikes and camping trips in the Cascades and the Olympics, canoeing in their many lakes and skiing all the local mountains. He earned a brown belt in karate. Later in life, when knee problems and other orthopedic issues prevented him from playing tennis and skiing, he took up bicycle touring. He made a number of such trips throughout the United States, a country he loved dearly, and whose founders he enjoyed studying in retirement.
He graduated from Washington University of St. Louis and then from the medical school at the University of Missouri.
Having played piano in his youth, sang in musicals at the university, and then in medical school sang at The Muny Opera in St. Louis' Forest Park. He took part in such memorable shows as Rogers & Hammerstein's South Pacific and a Bob Hope Touring Production. He had a beautiful tenor voice and used it to great purpose on various occasions and at family events for the rest of his life.
After spending two years as a doctor in the Navy stationed at Parris Island, South Carolina, he moved west to Seattle with his young family. He spent the rest of his life in the Pacific Northwest, with a practice in Internal Medicine at the Polyclinic for three decades, and then as a hospitalist in his later years.
He was an avid sportsman his entire life. As a young man, his favorite sports were basketball and baseball. In medical school he took up tennis, and in his 30s and early 40s was known as a fierce competitor at clubs and on courts throughout the Seattle area. He took full advantage of everything the Northwest had to offer, making many hikes and camping trips in the Cascades and the Olympics, canoeing in their many lakes and skiing all the local mountains. He earned a brown belt in karate. Later in life, when knee problems and other orthopedic issues prevented him from playing tennis and skiing, he took up bicycle touring. He made a number of such trips throughout the United States, a country he loved dearly, and whose founders he enjoyed studying in retirement.
Dr. Jobe was an optimist who believed life was the gift of a benevolent God and fundamentally good. In addition to the Hippocratic Oath, h
e lived by the principles of hard work and personal responsibility, and strove constantly for excellence in everything he did. He will be dearly missed, but more deeply loved.
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