HUBKA, RUDOLF EMMETT “RUDY”, PASSED AWAY DECEMBER 20, 1997 AT CARMANGAY, ALBERTA THE AGE OF 81 YEARS.
RUDY WAS BORN AUGUST 25, 1916 ON THE FAMILY FARM OF FRANK AND BESSIE HUBKA WEST OF CARMANGAY. A FARMER ALL HIS LIFE, HE SAW FARMING EVOLVE FROM HORSE DRAWN EQUIPMENT TO THE MODERN TECHNOLOGY OF TODAY.
A COMMUNITY MINDED MAN, RUDY WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE CARMANGAY LIONS CLUB, A DIRECTOR OF THE TELEPHONE COMPANY AND SECRETARY OF THE LITTLE BOW GAS CO-OP AND CARMANGAY SEED CLEANING PLANT. HE ENJOYED SPORTS, ESPECIALLY BASEBALL, HOCKEY AND CURLING.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF FIFTY-EIGHT YEARS OF MRS. BEULAH HUBKA OF CARMANGAY, LOVING FATHER OF HAROLD (JANET) OF OTTAWA, MYRNA (STAN) OBERTEN OF PINCHER CREEK, DONNA ULRICH OF CALGARY, LINDA (HANS) DENEER OF BLACK CREEK, B.C., JUDY RACHER (HAROLD) OF MERVILLE, B.C. AND ELDON (CINDY) OF CARMANGAY, EIGHTEEN GRANDCHILDREN, THREE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, A BROTHER BOB (ROSELLA), A BROTHER-IN-LAW LEONARD BACH, A SISTER~IN-LAW HELEN HUBKA, NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
RUDY WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS PARENTS FRANK AND BESSIE HUBKA, TWO SISTERS JOSEPHINE BACH AND MARY HUBKA, TWO BROTHERS JOHN HUBKA AND FRANK HUBKA.
PRAYERS WILL BE SAID FRIDAY DECEMBER 26, 1997 AT 7 P.M. AT ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, CHAMPION.
FUNERAL MASS SATURDAY DECEMBER 27, 1997 AT 1 P.M. AT CHRIST THE KING CATHOLIC CHURCH, 352~SOTH AVE WEST, CLARESHOLM, WITH REV. DANIEL STEVENOT CELEBRANT.
INTERMENT TO FOLLOW IN THE FAMILY PLOT CARMANGAY CEMETERY.
CASKET BEARERS WERE GRANDSONS DAVID HUBKA, RICK OBERTEN, ELLIOTT ULRICH, DANIEL DENEER, AARON RACHER AND CALE HUBKA.
HONORARY BEARERS WERE ALL WHO’S LIVES RUDY HAS TOUCHED.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIAL TRIBUTES IN RUDY’S MEMORY COULD BE MADE TO THE LITTLE BOW AUXILIARY HOSPITAL BOX 160, CARMANGAY, AB. TOL ONO, OR THE CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.