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Lincoln Daily Courier, October 27, 1969

Hubert Buckles Rites Tuesday

MT. PULASKI – Hubert Buckles, 86, died at 4 a.m. Sunday in Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, Lincoln. He had been residing in Mason City Christian Nursing Home for the past seven years.

The funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Schahl Funeral Home, Mt. Pulaski, with the Rev. Thoburn Enge officiating. Burial will be in Carlyle Cemetery near Lake Fork. Visitation will be 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday.


The deceased was born Sept. 19, 1883 at Mt. Pulaski, a son of Elias and Betty Dyer Buckles. He married Hallie Briggs Oct. 25, 1904. They observed their 65th wedding anniversary Saturday. Surviving are his wife; a son, John, Farmington, Mich.; 11 grandchildren; and eight great grandchildren. Mr. Buckles was the last of his immediate family. He was preceded in death by two daughters, a son, three sisters, and six brothers.

Mr. Buckles was a member of the United Methodist Church.



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