"One of Baton Rouge's first city-parish leaders died Wednesday."
William Young Lobdell was a member of the first City-Parish Council when it was created in 1949, and was also the first mayor pro tem in the city-parish.
He died at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was 89.
"(Baton Rouge) was his heart and soul," said Elizabeth Lobdell, his wife of 64 years. "He always thought it was wonderful." A lifelong local resident, Lobdell graduated from Baton Rouge High School and is a member of the school's Hall of Fame. He was the 1933 student body president at LSU, where he lettered in three sports. He graduated in 1934 with a business administration degree.
He worked as a shift operator at a local plant, then was a junior grade lieutenant in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
At 37, in 1949, he ran for a seat on the new governmental council formed under a new charter, the Plan of Government. He was elected and served one four-year term.
A letter he wrote to The Advocate briefly details the history of the original council and describes the first issues it tackled.
"(We) needed streets, sewerage, drainage, disposal, rules and regulations, police and fire protection, etc., etc.," Lobdell wrote. "(The) new charter demanded such improvements - but not how to get the funds. So (the) new council was forced to pass a one-cent sales tax. ... For four years we hardly saw our families - meet, meet, meet." In 1968, Lobdell returned to full-time public service as the city-parish's first budget officer. He retired in September 1973.
He retired from AlliedSignal with 33 years of service in Baton Rouge, Amherstburg, Ontario, Syracuse, N.Y., and Morristown, N.J.
Survived by his wife of 64 years, Elizabeth Hustmyre Lobdell; a son, Russell Lobdell; a daughter and son-in-law, Barrie and Lee Griffin; four grandchildren, Lee Griffin and wife Leigh Ann, Bill Griffin and wife Lisa, Beth Miller and husband Alan, and Jennifer Lobdell; seven great-grandchildren, Madeline and Jack Griffin, Lauren and Michael Griffin, Allison Noto and Anna Katherine and Griffin Miller; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Virginia Jennings, and Eleanor and Coleman McVea; and nine nieces and nephews.
Preceded in death by his parents, Virginia Young and William A. Lobdell; a brother, Russell Lobdell; a sister, Eva Mae Lobdell; a son, Bill Lobdell Jr.; and a brother-in-law, Bob Jennings Sr.
Article published in The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., November 4, 1999, page 2-B.
William Young Lobdell was a member of the first City-Parish Council when it was created in 1949, and was also the first mayor pro tem in the city-parish.
He died at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was 89.
"(Baton Rouge) was his heart and soul," said Elizabeth Lobdell, his wife of 64 years. "He always thought it was wonderful." A lifelong local resident, Lobdell graduated from Baton Rouge High School and is a member of the school's Hall of Fame. He was the 1933 student body president at LSU, where he lettered in three sports. He graduated in 1934 with a business administration degree.
He worked as a shift operator at a local plant, then was a junior grade lieutenant in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
At 37, in 1949, he ran for a seat on the new governmental council formed under a new charter, the Plan of Government. He was elected and served one four-year term.
A letter he wrote to The Advocate briefly details the history of the original council and describes the first issues it tackled.
"(We) needed streets, sewerage, drainage, disposal, rules and regulations, police and fire protection, etc., etc.," Lobdell wrote. "(The) new charter demanded such improvements - but not how to get the funds. So (the) new council was forced to pass a one-cent sales tax. ... For four years we hardly saw our families - meet, meet, meet." In 1968, Lobdell returned to full-time public service as the city-parish's first budget officer. He retired in September 1973.
He retired from AlliedSignal with 33 years of service in Baton Rouge, Amherstburg, Ontario, Syracuse, N.Y., and Morristown, N.J.
Survived by his wife of 64 years, Elizabeth Hustmyre Lobdell; a son, Russell Lobdell; a daughter and son-in-law, Barrie and Lee Griffin; four grandchildren, Lee Griffin and wife Leigh Ann, Bill Griffin and wife Lisa, Beth Miller and husband Alan, and Jennifer Lobdell; seven great-grandchildren, Madeline and Jack Griffin, Lauren and Michael Griffin, Allison Noto and Anna Katherine and Griffin Miller; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Virginia Jennings, and Eleanor and Coleman McVea; and nine nieces and nephews.
Preceded in death by his parents, Virginia Young and William A. Lobdell; a brother, Russell Lobdell; a sister, Eva Mae Lobdell; a son, Bill Lobdell Jr.; and a brother-in-law, Bob Jennings Sr.
Article published in The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., November 4, 1999, page 2-B.
"One of Baton Rouge's first city-parish leaders died Wednesday."
William Young Lobdell was a member of the first City-Parish Council when it was created in 1949, and was also the first mayor pro tem in the city-parish.
He died at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was 89.
"(Baton Rouge) was his heart and soul," said Elizabeth Lobdell, his wife of 64 years. "He always thought it was wonderful." A lifelong local resident, Lobdell graduated from Baton Rouge High School and is a member of the school's Hall of Fame. He was the 1933 student body president at LSU, where he lettered in three sports. He graduated in 1934 with a business administration degree.
He worked as a shift operator at a local plant, then was a junior grade lieutenant in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
At 37, in 1949, he ran for a seat on the new governmental council formed under a new charter, the Plan of Government. He was elected and served one four-year term.
A letter he wrote to The Advocate briefly details the history of the original council and describes the first issues it tackled.
"(We) needed streets, sewerage, drainage, disposal, rules and regulations, police and fire protection, etc., etc.," Lobdell wrote. "(The) new charter demanded such improvements - but not how to get the funds. So (the) new council was forced to pass a one-cent sales tax. ... For four years we hardly saw our families - meet, meet, meet." In 1968, Lobdell returned to full-time public service as the city-parish's first budget officer. He retired in September 1973.
He retired from AlliedSignal with 33 years of service in Baton Rouge, Amherstburg, Ontario, Syracuse, N.Y., and Morristown, N.J.
Survived by his wife of 64 years, Elizabeth Hustmyre Lobdell; a son, Russell Lobdell; a daughter and son-in-law, Barrie and Lee Griffin; four grandchildren, Lee Griffin and wife Leigh Ann, Bill Griffin and wife Lisa, Beth Miller and husband Alan, and Jennifer Lobdell; seven great-grandchildren, Madeline and Jack Griffin, Lauren and Michael Griffin, Allison Noto and Anna Katherine and Griffin Miller; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Virginia Jennings, and Eleanor and Coleman McVea; and nine nieces and nephews.
Preceded in death by his parents, Virginia Young and William A. Lobdell; a brother, Russell Lobdell; a sister, Eva Mae Lobdell; a son, Bill Lobdell Jr.; and a brother-in-law, Bob Jennings Sr.
Article published in The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., November 4, 1999, page 2-B.
William Young Lobdell was a member of the first City-Parish Council when it was created in 1949, and was also the first mayor pro tem in the city-parish.
He died at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was 89.
"(Baton Rouge) was his heart and soul," said Elizabeth Lobdell, his wife of 64 years. "He always thought it was wonderful." A lifelong local resident, Lobdell graduated from Baton Rouge High School and is a member of the school's Hall of Fame. He was the 1933 student body president at LSU, where he lettered in three sports. He graduated in 1934 with a business administration degree.
He worked as a shift operator at a local plant, then was a junior grade lieutenant in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
At 37, in 1949, he ran for a seat on the new governmental council formed under a new charter, the Plan of Government. He was elected and served one four-year term.
A letter he wrote to The Advocate briefly details the history of the original council and describes the first issues it tackled.
"(We) needed streets, sewerage, drainage, disposal, rules and regulations, police and fire protection, etc., etc.," Lobdell wrote. "(The) new charter demanded such improvements - but not how to get the funds. So (the) new council was forced to pass a one-cent sales tax. ... For four years we hardly saw our families - meet, meet, meet." In 1968, Lobdell returned to full-time public service as the city-parish's first budget officer. He retired in September 1973.
He retired from AlliedSignal with 33 years of service in Baton Rouge, Amherstburg, Ontario, Syracuse, N.Y., and Morristown, N.J.
Survived by his wife of 64 years, Elizabeth Hustmyre Lobdell; a son, Russell Lobdell; a daughter and son-in-law, Barrie and Lee Griffin; four grandchildren, Lee Griffin and wife Leigh Ann, Bill Griffin and wife Lisa, Beth Miller and husband Alan, and Jennifer Lobdell; seven great-grandchildren, Madeline and Jack Griffin, Lauren and Michael Griffin, Allison Noto and Anna Katherine and Griffin Miller; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Virginia Jennings, and Eleanor and Coleman McVea; and nine nieces and nephews.
Preceded in death by his parents, Virginia Young and William A. Lobdell; a brother, Russell Lobdell; a sister, Eva Mae Lobdell; a son, Bill Lobdell Jr.; and a brother-in-law, Bob Jennings Sr.
Article published in The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., November 4, 1999, page 2-B.
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