Funeral Services Wednesday For Lyle Hubbard, 62, Well Known Emmetsburg Resident
Funeral services for Lyle Hubbard, 62, well known Emmetsburg businessman, who died Saturday in Palo Alto Memorial hospital, will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the First Methodist church with the Rev. Ernest F. Martin, pastor, officiating.
Friends may call at the Ellsworth-Beiter Funeral home today (Tuesday) beginning at 2 p.m. The body will be taken to the church at noon Wednesday, where the casket will be open until the time of service. Burial will be in the Evergreen cemetery with Earnest Lodge No. 399 of the Masonic Order conducting gravesude rites.
Mr. Hubbard had been in failing health for about a year and a half, suffering with arthritis and later, it was learned, from an arterial affliction. He entered the hospital a week ago today at midnight, death following Saturday afternoon.
In the past year he had made several trips to Rochester, and convalesed at Excelcior Springs, Mo. At Rochester, an examination disclosed weakened chest and leg arteries and sections of these were replaced, in surgery, with nylon substitutes.
The opperation was a sucess and Mr. Hubbard returned to his business, the Hubbard Seed store on East Main street, and resumed his favorite sport of fishing and hunting on a limited scale. He was about town as usual shortly before returning to the hospital last week.
Mr. Hubbard was born Jan. 11, 1899, in Estherville, the only son of Harvey D. and Jennie S. Thompson Hubbard, who preceeded him in death. The only near survivors are a sister, Mrs. Grace DeViney of Washington, D.C. on the staff of the provost marshall; and a nephew, Jack DeVeney, an NBC program director in Washington.
The family moved to Emmetsburg 55 years ago. Lyle attended the local schools, graduating from Emmetsburg High in 1918, and enlisted in the US army the next year. After World War I, he returned to Emmetsburg, worked at various jobs as a youth, then served many years on the staff of the Dakota Improved Seed Co.
In more recent years, he established his own seed business in which he was active until slowed down by illness. Mr. Hubbard never married, and he lived with his widowed mother in their home, a showplace for flowers, on north Lawler street.
Growing beautiful flowers, especially tulips and iris, was a hobby of his, along with fishing and hunting. Lyle could grow blooms with an ease that aroused envy of local gardeners. He was an expert fisherman, also, and fly tyer. He tied many "jigs," a fly popular with fisherman in recent seasons.
He was a founding member of the Emmetsburg Izaak Walton league back in the early 30's and an ardent consevationist. He favored the waterfowl refuge on Five Island lake and strongly defended it against early day critics.
Although far from well, he managed to hunt ducks a few times this fall. A good shot, he bagged a few birds, despite the handicap of his illness. There was nothing he enjoyed more than a cornfield mallard shoot on a blustery day.
Lyle was a member of the American Legion and the Masonic Lodge and especially prominent in the latter. He had many friends, others as well as outdoor fans, who enjoyed his company, his wit and slow grin. He detested any kind of fakery, and could go straight to the point exposing it.
He was also generous and a loyal friend. A bachelor, he kept a tidy house and business and knew his way around a kitchen. He could roast a mallard to perfection. In later years, when his mother's health failed, he ancomplainingly took over other household duties.
His death will be regretted by many in Emmetsburg and elsewhere in this area.
(Obit from The Reporter (Emmetsburg, Iowa) Dec. 5, 1961, page 1 and 5)
Funeral services for Lyle Hubbard, 62, well known Emmetsburg businessman, who died Saturday in Palo Alto Memorial hospital, will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the First Methodist church with the Rev. Ernest F. Martin, pastor, officiating.
Friends may call at the Ellsworth-Beiter Funeral home today (Tuesday) beginning at 2 p.m. The body will be taken to the church at noon Wednesday, where the casket will be open until the time of service. Burial will be in the Evergreen cemetery with Earnest Lodge No. 399 of the Masonic Order conducting gravesude rites.
Mr. Hubbard had been in failing health for about a year and a half, suffering with arthritis and later, it was learned, from an arterial affliction. He entered the hospital a week ago today at midnight, death following Saturday afternoon.
In the past year he had made several trips to Rochester, and convalesed at Excelcior Springs, Mo. At Rochester, an examination disclosed weakened chest and leg arteries and sections of these were replaced, in surgery, with nylon substitutes.
The opperation was a sucess and Mr. Hubbard returned to his business, the Hubbard Seed store on East Main street, and resumed his favorite sport of fishing and hunting on a limited scale. He was about town as usual shortly before returning to the hospital last week.
Mr. Hubbard was born Jan. 11, 1899, in Estherville, the only son of Harvey D. and Jennie S. Thompson Hubbard, who preceeded him in death. The only near survivors are a sister, Mrs. Grace DeViney of Washington, D.C. on the staff of the provost marshall; and a nephew, Jack DeVeney, an NBC program director in Washington.
The family moved to Emmetsburg 55 years ago. Lyle attended the local schools, graduating from Emmetsburg High in 1918, and enlisted in the US army the next year. After World War I, he returned to Emmetsburg, worked at various jobs as a youth, then served many years on the staff of the Dakota Improved Seed Co.
In more recent years, he established his own seed business in which he was active until slowed down by illness. Mr. Hubbard never married, and he lived with his widowed mother in their home, a showplace for flowers, on north Lawler street.
Growing beautiful flowers, especially tulips and iris, was a hobby of his, along with fishing and hunting. Lyle could grow blooms with an ease that aroused envy of local gardeners. He was an expert fisherman, also, and fly tyer. He tied many "jigs," a fly popular with fisherman in recent seasons.
He was a founding member of the Emmetsburg Izaak Walton league back in the early 30's and an ardent consevationist. He favored the waterfowl refuge on Five Island lake and strongly defended it against early day critics.
Although far from well, he managed to hunt ducks a few times this fall. A good shot, he bagged a few birds, despite the handicap of his illness. There was nothing he enjoyed more than a cornfield mallard shoot on a blustery day.
Lyle was a member of the American Legion and the Masonic Lodge and especially prominent in the latter. He had many friends, others as well as outdoor fans, who enjoyed his company, his wit and slow grin. He detested any kind of fakery, and could go straight to the point exposing it.
He was also generous and a loyal friend. A bachelor, he kept a tidy house and business and knew his way around a kitchen. He could roast a mallard to perfection. In later years, when his mother's health failed, he ancomplainingly took over other household duties.
His death will be regretted by many in Emmetsburg and elsewhere in this area.
(Obit from The Reporter (Emmetsburg, Iowa) Dec. 5, 1961, page 1 and 5)
Funeral Services Wednesday For Lyle Hubbard, 62, Well Known Emmetsburg Resident
Funeral services for Lyle Hubbard, 62, well known Emmetsburg businessman, who died Saturday in Palo Alto Memorial hospital, will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the First Methodist church with the Rev. Ernest F. Martin, pastor, officiating.
Friends may call at the Ellsworth-Beiter Funeral home today (Tuesday) beginning at 2 p.m. The body will be taken to the church at noon Wednesday, where the casket will be open until the time of service. Burial will be in the Evergreen cemetery with Earnest Lodge No. 399 of the Masonic Order conducting gravesude rites.
Mr. Hubbard had been in failing health for about a year and a half, suffering with arthritis and later, it was learned, from an arterial affliction. He entered the hospital a week ago today at midnight, death following Saturday afternoon.
In the past year he had made several trips to Rochester, and convalesed at Excelcior Springs, Mo. At Rochester, an examination disclosed weakened chest and leg arteries and sections of these were replaced, in surgery, with nylon substitutes.
The opperation was a sucess and Mr. Hubbard returned to his business, the Hubbard Seed store on East Main street, and resumed his favorite sport of fishing and hunting on a limited scale. He was about town as usual shortly before returning to the hospital last week.
Mr. Hubbard was born Jan. 11, 1899, in Estherville, the only son of Harvey D. and Jennie S. Thompson Hubbard, who preceeded him in death. The only near survivors are a sister, Mrs. Grace DeViney of Washington, D.C. on the staff of the provost marshall; and a nephew, Jack DeVeney, an NBC program director in Washington.
The family moved to Emmetsburg 55 years ago. Lyle attended the local schools, graduating from Emmetsburg High in 1918, and enlisted in the US army the next year. After World War I, he returned to Emmetsburg, worked at various jobs as a youth, then served many years on the staff of the Dakota Improved Seed Co.
In more recent years, he established his own seed business in which he was active until slowed down by illness. Mr. Hubbard never married, and he lived with his widowed mother in their home, a showplace for flowers, on north Lawler street.
Growing beautiful flowers, especially tulips and iris, was a hobby of his, along with fishing and hunting. Lyle could grow blooms with an ease that aroused envy of local gardeners. He was an expert fisherman, also, and fly tyer. He tied many "jigs," a fly popular with fisherman in recent seasons.
He was a founding member of the Emmetsburg Izaak Walton league back in the early 30's and an ardent consevationist. He favored the waterfowl refuge on Five Island lake and strongly defended it against early day critics.
Although far from well, he managed to hunt ducks a few times this fall. A good shot, he bagged a few birds, despite the handicap of his illness. There was nothing he enjoyed more than a cornfield mallard shoot on a blustery day.
Lyle was a member of the American Legion and the Masonic Lodge and especially prominent in the latter. He had many friends, others as well as outdoor fans, who enjoyed his company, his wit and slow grin. He detested any kind of fakery, and could go straight to the point exposing it.
He was also generous and a loyal friend. A bachelor, he kept a tidy house and business and knew his way around a kitchen. He could roast a mallard to perfection. In later years, when his mother's health failed, he ancomplainingly took over other household duties.
His death will be regretted by many in Emmetsburg and elsewhere in this area.
(Obit from The Reporter (Emmetsburg, Iowa) Dec. 5, 1961, page 1 and 5)
Funeral services for Lyle Hubbard, 62, well known Emmetsburg businessman, who died Saturday in Palo Alto Memorial hospital, will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the First Methodist church with the Rev. Ernest F. Martin, pastor, officiating.
Friends may call at the Ellsworth-Beiter Funeral home today (Tuesday) beginning at 2 p.m. The body will be taken to the church at noon Wednesday, where the casket will be open until the time of service. Burial will be in the Evergreen cemetery with Earnest Lodge No. 399 of the Masonic Order conducting gravesude rites.
Mr. Hubbard had been in failing health for about a year and a half, suffering with arthritis and later, it was learned, from an arterial affliction. He entered the hospital a week ago today at midnight, death following Saturday afternoon.
In the past year he had made several trips to Rochester, and convalesed at Excelcior Springs, Mo. At Rochester, an examination disclosed weakened chest and leg arteries and sections of these were replaced, in surgery, with nylon substitutes.
The opperation was a sucess and Mr. Hubbard returned to his business, the Hubbard Seed store on East Main street, and resumed his favorite sport of fishing and hunting on a limited scale. He was about town as usual shortly before returning to the hospital last week.
Mr. Hubbard was born Jan. 11, 1899, in Estherville, the only son of Harvey D. and Jennie S. Thompson Hubbard, who preceeded him in death. The only near survivors are a sister, Mrs. Grace DeViney of Washington, D.C. on the staff of the provost marshall; and a nephew, Jack DeVeney, an NBC program director in Washington.
The family moved to Emmetsburg 55 years ago. Lyle attended the local schools, graduating from Emmetsburg High in 1918, and enlisted in the US army the next year. After World War I, he returned to Emmetsburg, worked at various jobs as a youth, then served many years on the staff of the Dakota Improved Seed Co.
In more recent years, he established his own seed business in which he was active until slowed down by illness. Mr. Hubbard never married, and he lived with his widowed mother in their home, a showplace for flowers, on north Lawler street.
Growing beautiful flowers, especially tulips and iris, was a hobby of his, along with fishing and hunting. Lyle could grow blooms with an ease that aroused envy of local gardeners. He was an expert fisherman, also, and fly tyer. He tied many "jigs," a fly popular with fisherman in recent seasons.
He was a founding member of the Emmetsburg Izaak Walton league back in the early 30's and an ardent consevationist. He favored the waterfowl refuge on Five Island lake and strongly defended it against early day critics.
Although far from well, he managed to hunt ducks a few times this fall. A good shot, he bagged a few birds, despite the handicap of his illness. There was nothing he enjoyed more than a cornfield mallard shoot on a blustery day.
Lyle was a member of the American Legion and the Masonic Lodge and especially prominent in the latter. He had many friends, others as well as outdoor fans, who enjoyed his company, his wit and slow grin. He detested any kind of fakery, and could go straight to the point exposing it.
He was also generous and a loyal friend. A bachelor, he kept a tidy house and business and knew his way around a kitchen. He could roast a mallard to perfection. In later years, when his mother's health failed, he ancomplainingly took over other household duties.
His death will be regretted by many in Emmetsburg and elsewhere in this area.
(Obit from The Reporter (Emmetsburg, Iowa) Dec. 5, 1961, page 1 and 5)
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