Hertha N. Chubbs (nee Hirsch), age 88, of Crown Point, passed away on Monday, September 24, 2012. Hertha was born in Gary and baptized & confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church at 8th & Massachusetts in Gary. She married her husband, Harold at Trinity Lutheran in Gary and had three children, Kimberlee Sue Quade, Timothy J. Chubbs, and James H. Chubbs; grandchildren, Erica (Nicholas) Roa & Sigrid Quade; and great-grandchild, Augustin, all who survive her. She is also survived by 1 sister, Irma Nulton and brother, Herb (Sue) Hirsch. Hertha was preceded in death by her sister, Emma Bachmann and brother, James Hirsch. She was a Sunday school teacher in Cedar Lake, Gary & Crown Point at local Lutheran Schools and volunteered at S. Anthony Hospital delivering flowers for 35 years. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Crown Point and the Trinity League, Ladies Aid. She and Harold loved to travel and visited Germany, Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia, the Figi Islands, Alaska, Israel, Mexico City and the northern part of the U.S.A.
Friends may visit with Hertha’s family on Thursday from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Burns Funeral Home, 10101 Broadway, Crown Point, IN. Funeral service will be held on Friday, September 28, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, 250 S. Indiana Avenue, Crown Point, IN. Rev. David Easterday & Rev. David Kipp officiating. She will lie in state at the church on Friday from 9:30 a.m. to times of service. Interment at Maplewood Cemetery in Crown Point, IN. www.burnsfuneral.com
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