Cubbage, Verne Donovan

CUBBAGE, CONERY, MOSMAN

Posted By: Lorelei Rusco (email)
Date: 6/5/2014 at 15:57:21

Cubbage, Verne Donovan -
Funeral services for Verne Cubbage, age 67, of Hollister, Missouri, who succumbed to multiple
myeloma Friday, January 27, 2006, in St. Louis, Missouri, were held Thursday, February 2, 2006
at 11:00 a.m. at the Roland-Ritchie Funeral Home in Corning. Interment was held in the Strand
Cemetery with military rites accorded by the Ourcq Post No. 117 of the Corning American Legion.
A memorial service will be held on February 12, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. at the Faith Lutheran
Church in Branson, Missouri. Memorials can be directed to the Multiple Myeloma Research
Foundation or the Faith Lutheran Church in Branson, Missouri.
Arrangements were entrusted to Roland-Ritchie Funeral Home of Corning.
Verne Donovan Cubbage was born April 1, 1938 in Des Moines, Iowa the son of G. O.
Cubbage and Carmen Conery Cubbage. He grew up attending school and graduated from Des Moines
Technical High School with the Class of 1957. After graduation Verne served in the United States
Marine Corps from 1957 to 1960. On April 2, 1961 he was united in marriage to Verla Mosman of
Corning. Verne worked for the Rock Island Railroad Company from 1960 to 1966.
He then worked as a deputy Bailiff for the City of Des Moines from 1967 to 1973. In
January of 1973, he, along with wife, Verla, and children purchased Spring Creek
Resort in Isabella, Missouri and operated it until 1987.
Verne's final career was a self-employed commercial printing salesman from 1987 to 2003.
In 2003, when he retired, they moved to Hollister, Missouri.
Verne always put his family and friends first and loved attending his children's and grandchildren's
activities. He especially enjoyed driving the school bus to take students to special events around the
Midwest. He never met a stranger, and left everyone with a smile. His favorite pastime was fishing
when he wasn't hard at work.
Left to cherish Verne's memory are his loving wife Verla of Hollister, Missouri; a daughter,
Jennifer Camacho, and husband Steve of Nixa, Missouri; a son, Jerry Cubbage and wife Julie of
Wildwood, Missouri; a grandson, Jake Camacho; and step-grandchildren Jordan and Mike Camacho;
four sisters, two brothers, two brothers-in-law; two sisters-in-law and fifteen nieces and nephews.
Preceding Verne in death are his parents, G. O. and Carmen Cubbage; parents-in-law, Verle and
Helen Mosman; two nephews, a niece and one sister-in-law.
Addresses for the memorials in Verne's honor: Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, 51 Locust
Ave., Suite 201, New Canaan, CT 06840 or online at www.mutliplemyeloma.org or by phone (203)
972-1250 Overflowing Hearts Fund at Faith Lutheran Church, 221 Malone, Branson, MO 65616
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Wednesday February 8, 2006