Hobart LeRoy McCain

RUPERT - Hobart LeRoy McCain, 79, of Tucson, Ariz., and a native of Rupert, Idaho, died Saturday, May 14, 2016, at the Southern Arizona Veterans Administration Health Center in Tucson, Ariz.

Roy was born on Nov. 24, 1936, in Rupert, Idaho, to Hobart Thomas and Effie Elnora Smith McCain. After graduating high school in Idaho, he went on to serve his country in the United States Navy for four years.

Roy’s life has included a variety of different pursuits which allowed him to experience life in several different states. In his earlier years, he worked in the potato plants near Rupert and also worked as a postal carrier. For a period of time, Roy lived in the state of Washington, where he again worked as a postal carrier, then fireman, and then eventually laying gas pipeline. Returning to Idaho, he became a milkman in Rupert, beer delivery/sales person in the Twin Falls area, and managed a bar in Carey, Idaho. He also made school-lunch deliveries in Reno, Nev, and worked in his final career of barbering in Tucson, Ariz.

He is survived by his wife, Cecelia; as well as cousins and friends.

A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, May 23, at the Rupert Cemetery (450 N. Meridian). Military honors will be performed by the Mini-Cassia Veterans Organization.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of the Rasmussen Funeral Home of Burley.