Cyril A. Hubbard

Cyril Albert Hubbard was born to Amy French (Smith) and Walter Clarke Hubbard on July 8, 1918, in rural Ringgold County, near Benton, Iowa. Cyril entered eternal rest on December 24, 2005, at Greater Regional Hospital in Creston, Iowa, at the age of eighty-seven years, five months and eighteen days.
Cyril graduated from Blockton High School with the Class of 1935. Following graduation from high school, Cyril joined the Civil Conservation Corp. He later joined the National Guard and was discharged at the start of WWII. Cyril spent his adult life farming, first in Ringgold County and later in Union County. Cyril restored and refinished antique furniture, caned chairs and performed all other types of woodworking.
Cyril was baptized at the First Christian Church in Benton, Iowa. Cyril was a member of the Farm Bureau for over 50 years.
Left to mourn Cyrils passing are his wife: Irene Hubbard, Creston, IA; his daugher: Linda (Jim) Crago, Rural Shannon City, IA; Two Grandchildren: Vicki (Tony) Allen, Rural Diagonal, IA; Lisa (David) Chapin, Creston, IA; Two Great-Grandchildren: James (Michelle) Allen, Creston, IA; Jenny Allen (Aaron) Porter, Des Moines, IA; Two Great-Great Grandchildren: Aubrey Allen, Creston, IA; Tinsley Porter, Des Moines, IA; three nieces and nephews and other relatives.
Preceding Cyril in death were his parents; his brother, Clarke Hubbard; and his sister, Betty Hubbard.