Ernest Chris Huber, 97, of Waco, passed away Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010, at William R. Courtney State Veterans Home in Temple. Services will be 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Chapel with Greg Huber officiating. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, October 28, at Wilkirson-Hatch Bailey Garden Room.
Ernest was born in Troy, Texas, to the late Christian and Bertha Huber. He attended Cego schools thru the 10th grade and grew up in that farming community. On Nov. 7, 1941, he and Annie Bernice McCain were married and he was drafted into the U.S. Army on Jan. 10, 1942. Ernest served our country in the 760th Tank Battalion during World War II as a tank mechanic in North Africa and Italy, receiving the Purple Heart during that time. He returned to farming at Rosenthal and then, beginning in 1957, worked for Bud Money as foreman of his chicken farm in Little River until 1966. Ernest and Annie moved to Waco, and he worked for Central Texas Iron Works as maintenance mechanic until he retired. He loved fishing, gardening, puzzles, baseball games, Gaither music and John Wayne movies. He had a strong faith in God and country and was a friend to everyone he met. Ernest was a member of Chalk Bluff Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 59 years, Annie; brothers, John, Otto, Willie and Albert; and sister, Elsie.
He is survived by his daughters, Anita Frost and husband, Robert, of Waco, and Mary Ann Sanderson and husband, Ken, of Lubbock; sons, Gregory Huber and wife, Nancy, of Monahans, Texas, Billy Huber and wife, Joy, of Keller, and Alan Huber and wife, Sharon, of Waco; 17 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; brother, Paul Huber, of Paris, Texas; and many more family members and friends.
Waco Tribune: 10/26/2010 - 10/27/2010...O6
Ernest was born in Troy, Texas, to the late Christian and Bertha Huber. He attended Cego schools thru the 10th grade and grew up in that farming community. On Nov. 7, 1941, he and Annie Bernice McCain were married and he was drafted into the U.S. Army on Jan. 10, 1942. Ernest served our country in the 760th Tank Battalion during World War II as a tank mechanic in North Africa and Italy, receiving the Purple Heart during that time. He returned to farming at Rosenthal and then, beginning in 1957, worked for Bud Money as foreman of his chicken farm in Little River until 1966. Ernest and Annie moved to Waco, and he worked for Central Texas Iron Works as maintenance mechanic until he retired. He loved fishing, gardening, puzzles, baseball games, Gaither music and John Wayne movies. He had a strong faith in God and country and was a friend to everyone he met. Ernest was a member of Chalk Bluff Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 59 years, Annie; brothers, John, Otto, Willie and Albert; and sister, Elsie.
He is survived by his daughters, Anita Frost and husband, Robert, of Waco, and Mary Ann Sanderson and husband, Ken, of Lubbock; sons, Gregory Huber and wife, Nancy, of Monahans, Texas, Billy Huber and wife, Joy, of Keller, and Alan Huber and wife, Sharon, of Waco; 17 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; brother, Paul Huber, of Paris, Texas; and many more family members and friends.
Waco Tribune: 10/26/2010 - 10/27/2010...O6
Ernest Chris Huber, 97, of Waco, passed away Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010, at William R. Courtney State Veterans Home in Temple. Services will be 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Chapel with Greg Huber officiating. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, October 28, at Wilkirson-Hatch Bailey Garden Room.
Ernest was born in Troy, Texas, to the late Christian and Bertha Huber. He attended Cego schools thru the 10th grade and grew up in that farming community. On Nov. 7, 1941, he and Annie Bernice McCain were married and he was drafted into the U.S. Army on Jan. 10, 1942. Ernest served our country in the 760th Tank Battalion during World War II as a tank mechanic in North Africa and Italy, receiving the Purple Heart during that time. He returned to farming at Rosenthal and then, beginning in 1957, worked for Bud Money as foreman of his chicken farm in Little River until 1966. Ernest and Annie moved to Waco, and he worked for Central Texas Iron Works as maintenance mechanic until he retired. He loved fishing, gardening, puzzles, baseball games, Gaither music and John Wayne movies. He had a strong faith in God and country and was a friend to everyone he met. Ernest was a member of Chalk Bluff Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 59 years, Annie; brothers, John, Otto, Willie and Albert; and sister, Elsie.
He is survived by his daughters, Anita Frost and husband, Robert, of Waco, and Mary Ann Sanderson and husband, Ken, of Lubbock; sons, Gregory Huber and wife, Nancy, of Monahans, Texas, Billy Huber and wife, Joy, of Keller, and Alan Huber and wife, Sharon, of Waco; 17 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; brother, Paul Huber, of Paris, Texas; and many more family members and friends.
Waco Tribune: 10/26/2010 - 10/27/2010...O6
Ernest was born in Troy, Texas, to the late Christian and Bertha Huber. He attended Cego schools thru the 10th grade and grew up in that farming community. On Nov. 7, 1941, he and Annie Bernice McCain were married and he was drafted into the U.S. Army on Jan. 10, 1942. Ernest served our country in the 760th Tank Battalion during World War II as a tank mechanic in North Africa and Italy, receiving the Purple Heart during that time. He returned to farming at Rosenthal and then, beginning in 1957, worked for Bud Money as foreman of his chicken farm in Little River until 1966. Ernest and Annie moved to Waco, and he worked for Central Texas Iron Works as maintenance mechanic until he retired. He loved fishing, gardening, puzzles, baseball games, Gaither music and John Wayne movies. He had a strong faith in God and country and was a friend to everyone he met. Ernest was a member of Chalk Bluff Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 59 years, Annie; brothers, John, Otto, Willie and Albert; and sister, Elsie.
He is survived by his daughters, Anita Frost and husband, Robert, of Waco, and Mary Ann Sanderson and husband, Ken, of Lubbock; sons, Gregory Huber and wife, Nancy, of Monahans, Texas, Billy Huber and wife, Joy, of Keller, and Alan Huber and wife, Sharon, of Waco; 17 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; brother, Paul Huber, of Paris, Texas; and many more family members and friends.
Waco Tribune: 10/26/2010 - 10/27/2010...O6
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