HUGO HUCKE
Funeral services for Hugo Hucke, 82,
Cherokee, formerly of Aurelia, will be Wednesday, November 5, 2008, at
10:30 A.M. at the First United Methodist Church in Aurelia, with Pastor
Missy Brown officiating. Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery,
Aurelia. Visitation will be Tuesday from 2:00P.M. till 8:00P.M., with
the family present from 6:00 to 8:00, at the Redig Funeral Home in
Aurelia. A memorial fund has been established.
Hugo Otto Hucke was born March 29, 1926 on a
farm near Lawton, Iowa, the son of Hugo A. and Bertha (Woldt) Hucke. He
attended school in Lawton and received his GED in 1996. He was in the
Army Reserves for six years. Hugo ran a milk truck out of Sioux City,
and worked for Allis Chalmers in Sioux City for three years. On March 4,
1951, Hugo married Lucille Ruth Will in Sioux City. In 1953 they moved
to her families farm near Aurelia. Hugo farmed until he suffered a heart
attack on October 9, 1997. Lucille died September 9, 2000. Hugo married
Lila Jones at the First United Methodist Church in Aurelia on November
20, 2004. They lived in Cherokee.
Hugo was a member of the First United
Methodist Church in Aurelia, and was a lifetime member of the Knights of
Pythius. He was involved with doing church mission work, and had
traveled to Antigua, Jamaica, Costa Rica, and three times to Mexico. In
1992 he was also involved with Habitat For Humanity, working on homes in
Des Moines, Ames, and Sioux City. He enjoyed woodworking, and giving
people a bad time.
Hugo died Sunday, November 2, 2008 at the
Countryside Estates Nursing Home in Cherokee, where he had been a
resident for two weeks.
Preceding Hugo in death were his parents,
his wife Lucille, one brother, Alvin Hucke, three sisters, Marie
DeLaughter, Leona Quinn and Alvina Larsen, and one step-great-grandson,
Alec Mouw.
Survivors include his wife Lila of Cherokee,
three children: Michele (Shelly) and her husband Dr. Brian Dubes of
Lenoir City, TN, Tom Hucke of Aurelia, and Marsha Hucke of Iowa City,
four grandchildren, Ryan and his wife Cheri Dubes of Scottsdale, AZ,
Nathan Dubes of Mesa, AZ, Patricia (Trish) Dubes of Nashville, TN, and
Bryce Dubes of Lenoir City, TN, and three great-grandchildren, William,
Lauren and Emily Dubes. Also surviving are two stepchildren, Carol
Walters of Cherokee, and Scott and his wife Erin Jones of Altoona, IA,
four step-grandchildren, Stephanie Mongan of Cherokee, Tasha and Chris
Mouw of Doon, IA, Jeremy Walters of Spencer and Weston Jones of Altoona,
IA, four step-great-grandchildren, Skyler and Dalton Mongan and Collin
and Abigail Mouw, and other relatives and friends.
