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Ernestine Hubbard

Ernestine Hubbard

  • September 20, 1934 - February 21, 2012
  • Centerville, Iowa
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“we went to nursing school together. she was such a smart lady. beautiful inside and out. Jeanie Zimmer Benac ”
1 of 9 | Posted by: jeanie benac - columbia, MO

“My condolences to the family for your loss, my thoughts are with you. ”
2 of 9 | Posted by: Shane O. Conger - Princeville, IL

“Ernestine will be missed our thoughts and prayers go out to the family. I loved to see her when we went to eat at Pizza Hut she was such a great and...Read More » ”
3 of 9 | Posted by: Kelly Culver - Centerville, IA

“Ernie watched my sister, brother and I for many years. When we remember Ernestine, we always smile at the ways she kept us preoccupied-which I am...Read More » ”
4 of 9 | Posted by: Rachael Wilson - Centerville, IA

“Ernestine was a great cousin with a good sense of humor. I enjoyed getting to really know her when she stayed with us in Columbia while she was...Read More » ”
5 of 9 | Posted by: Owen Lee - Orange Park, FL

“I am so sorry to hear of Ernestine's passing. We were friends through grade and high school. I used to love spending the night at her house on the...Read More » ”
6 of 9 | Posted by: Diane Berry Unterreiner - AZ

“Ernestine will be remembered by me as a special person of our high school class of 1952. Wish we could have been closer over the years. ”
7 of 9 | Posted by: Doris Jean Taylor - Rockford, TN

“I worked several years with Ernestine at Pizza Hut in Centerville. She was a wonderfull woman. I enjoyed working with her very much and she will be...Read More » ”
8 of 9 | Posted by: Lucrecia (Summers) Kimm - IA

“Mom, We will miss you so much, you were a wonderful mother. Rest peacefully. Love, Amy ”
9 of 9 | Posted by: Amy Puls - Broomfield, CO


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Ernestine Hubbard, age 77 of Centerville, Iowa passed away Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at the University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City, Iowa.

She was born September 20, 1934 in East Prairie, Missouri, the daughter of Ernest and Jewel (Brewington) Ray. Ernestine was raised in East Prairie and graduated from East Prairie High School. She later attended the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri for two years, taking classes in order to achieve a teaching certificate.

Ernestine worked in several different fields throughout her lifetime, including teaching, bookkeeping, and clerical duties with the St. Joseph's Hospital in Centerville, and waitressing at the Centerville Pizza Hut.

She married Bobby G. Hubbard in East Prairie, Missouri on October 21, 1955. To this union two children were born, Bobby Michael and Amy Laura Hubbard.

Ernestine is survived by her two children, Bobby Michael Hubbard of Centerville, Iowa, and Amy Laura Puls of Broomfield, Colorado; four grandchildren, Joni McKay of Keokuk, Iowa, Jennifer Hubbard of Kileen, Texas, Audrey and Ellie Puls both of Broomfield, Colorado; and one great grandson, Colin McKay of Keokuk, Iowa, a sister Barbara McKinley and a brother John Ray, both of East Prairie, MO.

She was preceded in death by her husband Bobby G. Hubbard; and her parents Ernest and Jewel Ray.

Funeral services will be held 2 Pm, Saturday, March 3, 2012 at the Lange Funeral Home in Centerville with Pastor Walter King officiating. A visitation will be held on Saturday at the funeral home from 9-2 PM, with the family present from 1 Pm until service time. Memorials have been established to the Centerville Church of the Nazarene and may be given to Lange Funeral Home, 1900 S. 18th St., Centerville, Iowa, 52544. Condolences may be shared online at www.langefh.com.