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Robert Henry
Lobitz
"Beans are a poor
man's jewels."
 Robert
Henry Lobitz, 64, of Paynesville (Minnesota), died on Thursday morning,
Jan. 12, 2006, at the Paynesville Area Hospital.
Funeral
services will be 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 18, at the Johnson Funeral Home
in Paynesville. Rev. Heather Klason will officiate. Burial will be in the
Paynesville Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the
services at the funeral home.
Bob was born
on Nov. 20, 1941, in Paynesville, the son of Henry Roy and Evalyn Esther
(Wagner) Lobitz. He was baptized and confirmed in the Christian faith at
Grace Methodist Church in Paynesville.
He grew up in
Paynesville where he attended Paynesville Elementary and High School,
graduating in 1960. He currently lived in Paynesville where he farmed.
He was a
member of Grace Methodist Church in Paynesville.
Bob was a
member of the Seed Savers Exchange. He had a great love of horticulture
and through the years had developed many of his own varieties.
Bob is
survived by his father, Henry of Paynesville; three sisters, Shirley (Jannard)
Knutson of Sartell, Elaine (Howard) Kaibel of Richfield, and Linda Jones
of St. Cloud; a brother, James Lobitz of Eagan; one nephew and one niece;
and four great-nieces and nephews. Bob was
preceded in death by his mother Evalyn.
Obituary Source:
Partial List
of Varieties Introduced:
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Alice Sunshine
bush snap bean
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Koronis
Purple bush dry bean
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Long Lake
Giant bush snap bean
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Purple Dove
bush snap bean
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Purple Rain
bush bean
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Purple Rose
bush snap bean
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Red Swan
bush snap bean
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Robert's
Royalty bush bean
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Rose Creek
bush snap bean
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Aoyu soybean
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Jewel
soybean
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Cranberry
Red (aka All-Red) potato (1984)
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