Colleen Hubert

Colleen was born on October 16, 1929, to Charles and Kathryn (Otto) Idso in Isle, MN. When she was 3 she moved to Clare City, SD where she attended country school thru 7th grade. She attended school in Sisseton, SD until 10th grade and then moved to Lamberton where she graduated from Lamberton High School. After graduation she was a bookkeeper for the Lamberton Co-op Creamery until she met Lawrence Hubert. The couple married on June 15, 1952, at Sharon Lutheran Church. She worked at the Lamberton Music Mart for 9 years. In 1982, she attended Southwest State University and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.A. Degree in Education in 1986. She worked as an LD aide for 5 years and retired in 1995. Colleen wrote Voices from the Past, a book about the history of the Lamberton community. She served on many church committees as well as teaching Bible School and Sunday School. Colleen enjoyed reading, painting, crossword and jigsaw puzzles and writing. Colleen is survived by her husband - Lawrence; children - Beverly (Wynn) Babcock of Oak Park Heights, Lawrence 'Larry' (Betsy) Hubert, Jr. of Lamberton, Connie (Steven) Dirckx of Mankato, MN; grandchildren- Mariah (Nick) Benesh, Clayton (Randi) Hubert, Mike (Kiki) Hubert, Hilary and Angeline Babcock, Kelsey and Charlie Hubert, and Joe and Andy Dirckx; great-grandchildren- Carly, Morgan and Kathryn Hubert; sister - Audrey (Claude) Hinman of Lacey, WA; sister-in-law Doris Stubbs of Little Canada, MN. She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers - Quentin, Neal and Virgil Idso; sister - Shirley Eddy.