Darlene Beverly Hobek

Darlene “Dorklene, aka Dork” Hobek went home to the Lord on Wednesday April 14, 2021. On that day, she was also reunited with her beloved and much missed husband, Bill “Pork” Hobek. Born in Patterson, New Jersey on June 27, 1940, Darlene was a devoted Roman Catholic. She was a much loved daughter of Herman and Florence Ramph. In 6th grade, Darlene moved with her family to Tokyo, Japan, where she lived, until graduating from high school. Her high school years were spent at Narimasu High, where she had so many wonderful times with her high school classes, which she often fondly recalled in stories to her friends and family. For the last 30 years, she has always looked forward to and enjoyed the annual reunions of her high school classmates, in a different city across the US, every year. Upon graduation from high school, Darlene embarked on a brief modeling career in Japan, which she absolutely loved. Shortly thereafter, she moved back to the United States and discovered the modeling industry not to be as friendly or fun, as it was for her in Japan. She entered the Miss Patterson beauty contest and was 1st runner up, which pleased Miss Flo, immensely. Dorklene was soon heading on to bigger things in a much bigger world. At 21, she became an Eastern Airlines reservation agent. She loved going to work every day, as she was tasked with planning by hand (back then) customer’s vacations and business trips. She absolutely loved her job. On a lunch break one day, one of her reservation friends suggested that she and Mom head over to one of the meeting rooms where they were interviewing future Stewardesses that day. And thus began Mom’s illustrious career in the skies for Eastern Airlines. It was a job that brought her much joy, travel opportunities all over the world and within a few years, the love of her life, Bill “Porky” Hobek. They were happily married for 45 years. They had 4 children....Bill Jr, Lesli, Mike and Shawn. Pork and Dork also had 3 grandsons, Jake, Will and Ben, whom they absolutely adored. One of Pork and Dork’s favorite vacation spots was Las Vegas, which they frequented a few times, every year. Visitation will be on Tuesday, April 20 from 6-8pm at the Digusipe Funeral Home in Maitland, Florida. (across from Lil 500) Funeral Mass will be on Wednesday, April 21 at 10am at Church of Annunciation Catholic Church.

Darlene Beverly Hobek

June 27, 1940 - April 14, 2021