Joseph Hamilton Jobe was buried with Full Military Honors at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia on July 22.

A longtime resident of the Eastside, he was 93.

Jobe was born in Idaho on July 24, 1916.

Before joining the Navy in 1941, Joe attended Lincoln High School and the University of Washington. He was a highly decorated Navy pilot in the Pacific during WWI and received three silver stars for his heroism He made the first bombing raid on Iwo Jima. When his fellow crewmen would refer to him as “the best pilot in the Pacific,” Jobe would humbly say that it was because he had the “best crew.” After the war, he married Shirley Isler, a Navy Wave at Sand Point Naval Air Station, and was the third pilot hired by Seattle-based West Coast Airlines.

He retired in 1976 after 30 years of accident-free flight and 30 years in the Navy Reserve. Jobe was a 48th District Republican Chairman and generously contributed to preserving liberty. Donations may be made in his name to Evergreen Freedom Foundation, Hillsdale College and Young America’s Foundation. Always true to his Christian values, he was a devoted family man and a true friend known for his dignity, fairness and unbending integrity. He is survived by his beloved wife of 63 years, Shirley Jobe of Peoria, Ariz.; daughter Jo-Ann Parrish o Duvall; sons Tim Jobe of Escondido, Calif.; Jeff Jobe of Sammamish; and Mark Jobe of Everett. He had 11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.