Huggins, A. Joe – 1925-2010

BUTLER, CARTER, CLARK, CUNNINGHAM, DAVIS, GRIMM, HUGGINS, MATTIX, NEDDERMAN, PAGE, STAG

Posted By: JCGS Volunteer
Date: 3/25/2010 at 09:44:15

A funeral service for A. Joe Huggins will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 11, 2010, at the Pence-Reese Funeral Home in Newton, which has been entrusted with the arrangements. A visitation with the family will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 10, at the funeral home. As an expression of sympathy, memorials in Joe’s name are being designated to Hospice of Jasper County or Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
Joe Huggins, 84, of Kellogg, the son of Squire B, and Mayne A. (Nedderman) Huggins, was born Dec. 11, 1925, in Lovilia, Iowa. He was a graduate of the North High School in Des Moines, Class of 1944. Joe served his country with the U.S. Army during World War II and was a prisoner of war in April 1945.
On Jan. 20, 1951, Joe and Ruth Butler were married in the All Saints Catholic Church in Des Moines. In 1950, he served as a Maytag apprentice and was a machine repairman, retiring in 1987. Joe had lived in Lovilia, Des Moines and Newton, prior to the Kellogg area. He devoted his life to his family and friends and was a member of the American Legion Post #48 — Last Man’s Club; former member of the Jasper County Men’s Bowling Association; and a U.A.W. retiree. He enjoyed his family, baseball, bowling and golf. He was a former semi-pro baseball player for the Kellogg Cardinals.
Joe died on Monday morning, March 8, 2010, at Skiff Medical Center in Newton. He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Lou Huggins; and sisters, Martha Page, Dorothy Davis and Edith Grimm.
Those left to honor Joe’s memory include his wife, Ruth; daughters, Cathy (Bob) Carter of Newton and Mary (Maury) Cunningham of Lincoln, Neb.; his son, Jim Huggins of Kellogg; grandchildren, Cody Carter of Solana, Calif., Travis and Jenna Cunningham of Lincoln, Neb., Pvt. Caitlin Huggins of Ft. Jackson, S.C., and Nicholas Huggins of Lincoln, Neb.; sisters, Margaret Clark of Waukee, Iowa, Mary Mattix of Oskaloosa, Iowa, and Carolyn (Richard) Stag of Clovis, N.M.; a brother, George (Mary) Huggins of Newton; several nieces and nephews; and many good friends.
Online condolences may be left for the family at www.pencefh.com.
(Burial will be in Newton Union Cemetery, in Newton.)
Source: Newton Daily News; Tuesday, March 9, 2010