Eleanor Holcomb Hubbell

Former Newtown

Borough Clerk

Eleanor Holcomb Hubbell, 91, of Vero Beach, Fla., and previously of Newtown and Heritage Village, Southbury, died May 13. She was born in Bridgeport, June 30, 1918, a daughter of Mabel (Brockett) and Ralph H. Holcomb.

Ms Hubbell was a graduate of the Weylister School in Bridgeport. During her career with the State of Connecticut, she was the business manager for the Bridgeport Correctional Center, purchasing agent for Fairfield County and retired as a manager from the State Comptroller’s Office.

She was a resident of Newtown from 1928 to 1978 and was the former clerk for the Borough of Newtown, a former corporater of the Newtown Savings Bank, and was a member of the Newtown Country Club.

 Ms Hubbell was a resident of Heritage Village where she was a member of the Heritage Village Country Club from 1978 to 2000, when she relocated to Florida.

She is survived by a niece, Judith Czajka of Vero Beach, Fla., and two great-nieces.

A funeral service will be held Friday, May 21, at 11 am, in the Honan Funeral Home, 58 Main Street, Newtown. Interment in the family plot at Simsbury Cemetery, Simsbury, will be private.

Memorial donations to the American Heart Association at AmericanHeart.org will be appreciated.

The Newtown Bee        May 21, 2010