Divine Word Father Raymond Hober, 92, a missionary in the Philippines for more than three decades, died Aug. 3 in Techny.

Born in Pennsylvania, Father Hober entered the Society of the Divine Word in 1946 and professed vows in 1952 in New York. In 1960, he was ordained to the priesthood in Techny.

Following ordination, he was assigned to the Philippines, where he undertook additional theology courses in Manila before going to Mindoro, where he taught secondary school and college classes and served as a college administrator.

He simultaneously served the SVD Mindoro Province as treasurer. After a successful career in higher education, Father Hober was assigned to the Social Action committee of the Vicariate of Calapan. During this time, he found and dug water wells for communities desperately in need of fresh water.

In 2001, Father Hober was assigned to the Pittsburgh Community of the Chicago Province to travel and deliver mission appeals. He moved to Techny in semi-retirement in 2016.