Elbert Hubbard, an 87-year-old resident of rural Princeton, died at his home, west of Princeton, on Tuesday, July 22, 2003.
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Elbert Hubbard, an 87-year-old resident of rural Princeton, died at his home, west of Princeton, on Tuesday, July 22, 2003.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, July 25, 2003 at the Greenlee-Middleton Funeral Chapel in Princeton. Rev. Randy Comer will officiate. Burial will be in the Princeton Cemetery.
Open visitation is under way at the funeral chapel, where a family visitation will be held from 7 to 8 o?clock tonight (Thursday, July 24, 2003).
Mr. Hubbard was born on Oct. 21, 1915 near Modena, the son of Logan and Eula Hamilton Hubbard. He attended elementary schools in Mercer and Harrison counties and in Scott City, KS. He was a 1935 graduate of Princeton High School.
He was a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps at Bethany for 38 months, was employed by Standard Oil and MFA Oil companies for 22 years, owned and operated a Standard Oil station in Cameron in 1963 and 1964 and served as clerk of the Mercer County Court from 1947 to June of 1963. After retiring from the tank wagon service for MFA, he worked part-time for the Missouri Department of Conservation at Lake Paho, northwest of Princeton. He also operated a gun shop and repaired guns, which started as a hobby. He loved hunting and was a member of the National Rifle Association since 1958. He assisted members of the conservation commission in teaching hunter safety classes at Princeton High School and was a conscientious soil and game conservationist, protecting, feeding and planning for the survival of wildlife. He also served as a weather reporter for many years, providing weather information from the Princeton area to the Trenton Republican-Times.
Mr. Hubbard was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Navy. He entered the service on March 9, 1943 and was discharged on Oct. 11, 1945, having served 18 months on a mine sweeper in the Pacific Ocean. He was a 58-year member of the American Legion, first joining the former Ellis-Casteel Post #22 at Princeton and later the Ragan-Hickman Post #477 at Mercer, serving at many military services. He was also a member of the Memorial VFW Post #7159 at Princeton, the Princeton United Methodist Church and served on the Hamilton Cemetery and Madison Township boards for many years.
He was married on Aug. 26, 1939 to Chastine Holmes, who survives him of the home.
Other survivors include three daughters, Loretta Ray and her husband, Francis, of Trenton, Leta Robb and her husband, Gary, of Marshall, and Lana May and her husband, Gary, of Barnesville, OH; seven grandchildren, Mark Robb of Springfield, Mona Mikels of Marshall, Phillip Ray of Trenton, Matthew Ray of Princeton, Shelley West of Jerusalem, OH, Elbert ?Bud? Betz of Wheeling, WV and Justin Betz of Barnesville; 11 great-grandchildren; and other family and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Arvel Hubbard; and a half-brother, Bacil Curtis.
The family requests memorial contributions to th Princeton Memorial VFW Post #7159. They may be left at or mailed to the funeral home at PO Box 316, Princeton, MO 64673.