Hubert C. "Hub" JANKA

JANKA, WILLIAMS, FOX, ZAHARRIS, PIEPER

Posted By: Sharon R. Becker (email)
Date: 4/19/2011 at 17:16:21

Obituary - Hubert C. "Hub" Janka

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
December 13, 1996

MASON CITY -- Hubert C. "Hub" JANKA, 65, of 21226 Vine Ave., died Thursday (Dec. 12, 1996) at home.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., with the Rev. David BECKMAN of Holy Family Catholic Church officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. today and until time of services on Saturday at Major Erickson Funeral Home.

Memorials may be given to the Hubert C. "Hub" JANKA Memorial Fund.

Hubert C. "Hub" JANKA was born on June 16, 1931 in Wells, Minn.

Hubert attended school in Wells, Minn. and then served in the U.S. Army for 1 years. Hub moved to Mason City and worked for a short time at Jacob E. DECKER & Sons.

Hubert married Patricia "Pat" WILLIAMS on Nov. 24, 1954 in Mason City.

Hubert then worked for Northwestern States Portland Cement Company for 10 years and then he worked as a car salesman for several North Iowa dealerships.

In 1973, he bought his own semi tractor and was a self-employed truck driver until he retired in February of 1995.

Hubert was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church.

Survivors include two sons, Mike JANKA and his wife, Sue, Clear Lake, and Marv JANKA and his wife, Rhonda, Mason City; one daughter, Anita FOX and her husband, Joe, of Janesville, Wis.; seven grandchildren, Jennifer, Jason, Jeremy, Theresa, Dan, Kara, and Hillary; four great-grandchildren, Alex, Jason, Jordyn, and Jade; two sisters, Rita PIEPER, of Austin, Minn., and Eleanor ZAHARRIS, of Austin, Minn.; and several nieces and nephews.

Hubert was preceded in death by his wife, Patricia "Pat" JANKA in July of 1995; and one sister, Margaret.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, April of 2011