Lasting Memories

John Hubbard
1911-Dec. 5, 2008
San Mateo, California

John Hubbard, who lived in Menlo Park for 50 years, died Dec. 5 at the ago of 97.

Mr. Hubbard was born in Oakland and spent his earliest years on the Klamath River, where his mother and father were mining for gold. After his mother's death when he was 12, his father remarried and the family moved to San Francisco. He graduated from Polytechnic High School and joined Graham Paper Co. It was there that he met his future wife, Edith Reid.

The Hubbards were married in 1936 and spent the next 67 years together, separated only by Mr. Hubbard's service as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army during World War II. Ms. Hubbard died in 2003. After he retired from Graham Paper Co. as West Coast manager in 1978, the couple traveled the world. Mr. Hubbard also took up painting and genealogy, served as president of the Palo Alto SIRS and president of the Palo Alto Senior Men's Golf Club.

Mr. Hubbard loved the outdoors, whether it was hiking in the Sierras or playing golf. He once walked the Pacific Crest Trail beginning to end and enjoyed backpacking well into his late 70s, family members said. Mr. Hubbard learned to play golf on San Francisco's public courses and won a number of amateur titles. He continued to play until suffering a stroke in 2004. He was proud to have shot an 89 when he was 89.

Surviving Mr. Hubbard are his daughter, Linda Hubbard Gulker of Menlo Park; one grandson; and one great-granddaughter.