SCHUBERT, Herbert W. (1915-2006)

SCHUBERT, LAU, SORENSON, BUSSERT, IVERSON, FAHMY, BAACK, NAVRATIL, HANNA, BROWN, DAHL, BARNUM, DUSS, HOLTORF, RUSSELL, OTIS

Posted By: Hancock Co Genealogical Society (email)
Date: 3/11/2016 at 13:37:30

Herbert W. H. Schubert, 1915 - 2006

February 1, 2006

Herbert Schubert, 90, of Garner, died on Wednesday, January 18, 2006, at the Hospice of the Valley in Tempe, Arizona.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 28th, at 10:30 a.m., at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Garner with the Rev. Dale Glawatz officiating. Music will be provided by organist, Mary Kopacek with special music by Jim Bussert and Russell Schubert. Ushering will be Harlan Block and Earl Jaspersen. Burial will be in the Crystal Township Cemetery, Crystal Lake, with military rites by the Crystal Lake Veterans Ceremonial Unit.

Honorary bearers will be Doug Buss, Brian Sorenson, Larry Sorenson and Jimmy Sorenson. Casket bearers will be Bob Navratil, Harlan Baack, Larry Schubert, Jeff Schubert, Greg Greiman and Duane Hutchinson.

Herbert W. H. Schubert, the first child of Wilhelm and Dorothea (Lau) Schubert, was born August 1, 1915, on a farm northeast of Britt. He was baptized and confirmed at the First Lutheran Church in Britt. Herb attended country school at Britt No. 5 through the 8th grade and graduated from the Britt High School in 1935. He continued his education at the Britt Junior College for one semester. Herb then worked for various farmers in the Britt area and in 1936 did road work for Harry Riehm.

On April 16, 1941, he married his teenage sweetheart, Ruth Sorenson at the Methodist Church in Crystal Lake. Their resultant family and friends were to become the primary source of pride and joy throughout their lives. Herb joined the Army Air Corps in 1942 and was stationed at Douglas, Arizona. He served in the South Pacific during WW II on New Guinea and Okinawa. He was in the 89th Squadron, 3rd Bomber Attack Group, 5th Air Force, and worked on A20 and B25 airplanes. He was honorably discharged in 1946 after attaining a Sargeant-750 rating and 747 mechanical rating. After the war, he worked as a Hancock County equipment operator at the Garner Roller Mills and did road work for three construction companies. He was also a Surge dealer for 6 years. He then worked for Urich Implement in Garner and for Sorenson Hardware in Crystal Lake. His last employment years were spent working construction for Maudlin, Weaver and Martin Marietta. He retired in 1983 at the age of 70.

He was a member of the St. Paul Lutheran Church, was a charter member of the Garner Jr. Chamber of Commerce and a life member of the Garner VFW and the Crystal Lake American Legion.

Herb is survived by his children, Roland (Pam) Schubert of St. Ansgar, Althea (Jim) Bussert of Mesa, Arizona and Mark Schubert of Miami, Florida; grandchildren, Del (Carol) Schubert, Sana (Mike) Iverson, Shelli Schubert, David (Helen) Schubert and Kaila Bussert and husband, Ziad Fahmy; great-grandchildren, Abby and Garrett Schubert and Emily Iverson; two sisters, Alida Baack and Norma Navratil; a brother, Walter Schubert; sisters-in-law, Janice Schubert, Juanita Schubert, Wilma, Genevieve, Marjorie and Leona (Kenneth) Sorenson, Doryce Hanna, Dottie (Gary) Brown, Paulette (Ron) Dahl, and Beth Barnum; brothers-in-law, Lee Duss and Laverne Holtorf; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth in 1997; parents; sister, Lena Duss; brothers, Wilbert and Ewalt Schubert; brothers-in-law, Howard Baack, Louis Navratil, Harlan, Russell, Calvin and Morris Sorenson, Mervin Otis and Bruce Hanna; and sisters-in-law, Evelyn Schubert, Lois Otis, Marvella Holtorf and Jerry Sorenson.

©The Garner Leader & Signal 2006