Huber, Richard A.

Richard A. Huber, 90, of Wellman, died Monday, March 19, 2012, at Mercy Iowa City. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 22, at the Asbury United Methodist Church in Wellman. The Rev. Rich Pippert will officiate. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Powell Funeral Home in Wellman. Burial will be in the Wellman Cemetery.

A general memorial fund has been established.

Messages and tributes may be left at under obituaries.

Richard Allison Huber was born on Aug. 5, 1921, near Wellman, Iowa, a son of Ira Everette and Mabel Freel Huber. He grew up on a farm south of Wellman and graduated from Wellman High School with Normal Training. Richard taught two years at a country school. He married Mildred Lucille Taylor in Fort Madison, Iowa, on Dec. 27, 1941. He farmed all of his life in the Wellman community. During World War II he served in the U.S. Army. While in France, he worked with the French Underground and was awarded the French Legion of Honor Medal and two bronze stars. Richard was an active and faithful member of the Asbury United Methodist Church. He had served on the Mid-Prairie School Board and the Wellman Telephone Board.

He is survived by four children, Carol (Don) Flater of Montezuma, Larry (Tanna) Huber of Keota, Robert (Kathy) Huber of North English, and Loren (Linda) Huber of Wellman; seven grandchildren, Patrick (Heather) Flater, Tim (Judy) Flater, Sara (Jason) McCollum, Jeff (Terra) Huber, Chris (Shawna) Huber, Erin (Caleb) Koehn and Terri (Mike) Adam; 11 great-grandchildren and two on the way; and a sister, Helen (Eldon) Shetler of Clatskanie, Ore.

Richard was preceded in death by his parents and wife, Mildred on July 12, 1997.

Published in The Gazette March 20, 2012.