Representative Wilber Fiske Hubbard View All Years

Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 4/2/1971
Birth Place: Neola, Iowa
Birth County: Pottawattamie
Party Affiliation: Republican
Assemblies Served:
House: 41 (1925) - 43 (1929)
Home County: Pottawattamie
Wilber Fiske Hubbard
Pottawattamie County

WILBER F. HUBBARD

MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appoointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character, and public service of the late Honorable Wilber F. Hubbard, begs leave to submit the following memorial:

Wilber F. Hubbard was born on a farm near Neola, Iowa, March 24, 1885. He was educated in the rural schools and the high school of Neola, after which he followed the vocation of farming. After retirement he began work as a Pottawattamie Mutual Insurance Agent.

In 1909 he was married to Vera Lynn Hamilton. To this union were born three sons and one daughter.

Mr. Hubbard was president of the West Pottawattamie County Farm Bureau, Past Master of Agate Lodge 423, AF & AM of Neola, and an elder in the Presbyterian Church at Neola. He was a Republican and served as State Representative in the Forty-first, Forty-second and Forty-third sessions of the Iowa House of Representatives.

Mr. Hubbard passed away April 5, 1971, at an Oakland resthome. He is survived by his wife, Vera L. Hubbard, of Neola, Iowa; two sons, Joseph A. Hubbard of Neola, Iowa, and Wilber L. Hubbard of Walnut, Iowa; one daughter, Miss Verna L. Hubbard of Council Bluffs, Iowa; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixty-fourth General Assembly of Iowa: That in the passing of the Honorable Wilber F. Hubbard, the state has lost an honored citizen and a faithful and useful public servant, and the House by this resolution would express its appreciation of his service, and tender its sympathy to the members of his family.

Be It Further Resolved: That a copy of this resolution be spread upon the Journal of the House, and that the Chief Clerk be directed to forward an enrolled copy to the family of the deceased.

HENRY C. MOLLETT

ALFRED NIELSEN

LAVERNE W. SCHROEDER

Committee