Calvin Huber

Calvin Huber died Tuesday, June 15, 2010, in Vancouver, Washington, where he and his wife recently moved. He was born on January 31, 1926 in Carson, North, Dakota, to Henry and Anna Marie (Steigman) Huber. He graduated from Yankton College in Yankton, South Dakota with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1947, and earned a Bachelor of Theology degree in 1948. He began his career as minister in the Warden Congregational Church. He married Violet Kirschenmann on June 12, 1949 at Philadelphia Congregational Church in Ritzville, Washington. They lived in Warden until 1950, when he accepted a call to the Wapato Congregational Church, and they moved to Wapato. In 1952, they moved to Moses Lake, where he worked in the automobile industry and was in personnel at the Boeing Test Center in Moses Lake. In 1960, they moved to southern California, where he worked in personnel and the automobile industry. After retirement in 2002, they moved to Ritzville, Washington, until their recent move to Vancouver to be closer to their daughter and her family in Cornelius, Oregon. He was an active member of Presbyterian Church of the Covenant in Costa Mesa, California, and Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Hills, California, where he served as an elder. He was an active member of Zion Philadelphia United Church of Christ in Ritzville, Washington, as well as the Lions Club in both Ritzville and Moses Lake, Washington. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Vi; daughter Tamara (David) Allen and two grandchildren, Rebecca and Robert; two sisters, Viola (Dan) Richardson of Mount Vernon, Washington, and Freda Scheerer of Red Wing, Minnesota; one brother, Robert, of Eagan, Minnesota; brothers-in-law Stan (Bobbi Kay) Kirschenmann of Vancouver, Washington, and Cal (Jan) Kirschenmann of Ritzville; sister-in-law Roberta Huber of Portland, Oregon and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Esther Zimbelman and Emma Wentworth; and seven brothers, William, Albert, Edward, Herbert, Rudy, Arnold and Harold. Memorial services will be held at Zion Philadelphia UCC in Ritzville, Washington on Saturday, June 26, 2010, at 3 PM, Pastor Jim Castrolang officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to Zion Philadelphia UCC or the American Cancer Society. Arrangements are in care of Evergreen Memorial Gardens in Vancouver, Washington, and Danekas Funeral Home in Ritzville, Washington.

Calvin Huber

January 31, 1926 - June 15, 2010