Louise M. Hubbell

Founding Member

Of Christ the King Lutheran Church

Louise M. (Haitsch) Hubbell, 87, of Nunnawauk Meadows, Newtown, wife of the late Frank Hubbell, died at Danbury Hospital January 7. She was born in Danbury on March 6, 1919, daughter of John and Emelie (Prokopy) Haitsch. She was a graduate of Danbury High School.

Mrs Hubbell owned and operated Newtown Package Store for ten years. She then worked as a salesperson for Jordan Marsh. She was a past member of the Board of Directors for the VNA in Bethel and Danbury, and was chairman of the first Crop Walk for the Poor in Newtown.

She was a founding member of Christ the King Lutheran Church in Newtown, and very active in social ministries and other activities in the church. She served as past president of the Church Ladies Guild and was past Trustee of Christ the King Church.

She will be sadly missed by her sister, Marion Haitsch of Newtown; her niece, Marilyn Barton and family of San Raphael, Calif.; her aunt, Calista Prokopy; and her beloved cousins, Eleanor Kaul, Linda Prokopy, Nancy Purnell, Barbara McClain, and Wayne Prokopy.

In addition to her second husband, Francis Hubbell, she was predeceased by her first husband, James M. Simpson.

Funeral Services were held at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Newtown on January 11. Burial followed in the Elmwood Section of Bethel Cemetery.

The Cornell Memorial Home, 247 White Street, Danbury, was in charge of arrangements.

Contributions in her memory may be made to Christ the King Lutheran Church, 85 Mt Pleasant Road, Newtown CT 06470.

The Newtown Bee        January 12, 2007