Aberdeen - Mass of Christian Burial for Florence Mary Huber, 86, Aberdeen, will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 28, 2006 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Aberdeen. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens, with Father Edward Pierce officiating. Liturgical wake service will be 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 27, 2006, at Schriver's Memorial Mortuary & Crematory, Aberdeen. Visitation will be 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the mortuary and one hour prior to the funeral Mass at the church on Monday. Florence passed away with her family by her side on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2006, at Avera St. Luke's Hospital, Aberdeen. Florence was born on July 13, 1920, to John and Katherine (Dietz) Wagner in Strasburg, N.D. She attended St. Benedict School and graduated from high school in 1939. Florence attended one year of college and then taught school in the Strasburg and Napoleon area and worked in the court house in Linton, N.D. She married Joseph Huber on Oct. 7, 1941, in Strasburg, N.D. They farmed in the Strasburg and Napoleon area until 1949, when they moved to a farm in the Warner and Mansfield area. In 1951, they moved to a farm in the Hosmer area until 1976, when they moved to Aberdeen. She worked at Caesars Restaurant and later at the Dakota Sizzler from 1977 until it closed in 1988. Florence worked at Small Wonders Day Care and later with Foster Grandparents Program for 10 years until retiring in 2002, due to ill health. Florence enjoyed reading and playing cards with her family. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband in April of 1987, one son Leo, and one brother Albert. Surviving Florence are her children, Raymond (Denise) Huber, David (Jackie) Huber and Joseph M. (Joanne) Huber, all of Aberdeen, Mary Ann (Melvin) Charlton of Fairbault, Minn., Evelyn Lilly of Aberdeen, and Veronica Brandner of Pierre, S.D.; 22 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren; one brother, Joseph Wagner of Dickinson, N.D.; and two sisters, Margaret Ternes of Dickinson, N.D., and Lydia Roth of Strasburg, N.D. Pallbearers will be Keith Huber, Jason Hassebroek, Chad Rohrs, Jim Huber, Kenny Mastel and Don Mastel.
Published in the Aberdeen News on 8/27/2006.