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Note: Oral history from Margaret Rupiper Hugeback 27 Jan 99:
I remember Anton Hugeback , not only as a hard-working farmer, but also he was a good businessman. He was the distributor of Alpenkrauter which people bought from him. It was considered a natural remedy for good health. Actually, it was to clean out your system...worked like a laxative. Secondly, Anton was a Bee Keeper. He had hives of bees which he harvested and sold the honey. Mother remembers how he was the only member of the household that the bees would not sting. Anton was devoted to his church, Holy Angels in Roselle. He was on the church board and always donated money as well as labor. She remembers how he would load wagons of coal and take to the church which would be put in the basement furnace in the church. Anna Hugeback, Anton's wife, was always baking the best biscuits, breads, pies,etc. I remember how she always carried all the meals to the dinning room which was separate from the kitchen. They were the only family that I can recall that never ate in the kitchen, always the dining room.
I have enclosed a picture of my mother and her five children. From left: Linda, Susan (me) Romayne, Margaret, Vera, and Inez. One brother, Harv, died of cancer in 1994. Inez, on the far right and the oldest, was born 3 months premature. She was given a million to one chance of surviving. Fortunately, she was placed in a shoe box (2+ pds was considered the lowest of low birth weight in those days) and driven to the hospital from the farm and was the first baby to be placed in the newly acquired incubator in the Carroll Hospital where she remained for three months. Although she suffered some brain damage from lack of oxygen, today she is an avid reader and loves people! As you can see, we were celebrating Christmas. Actually, we were at the airport because my brother was ready to return home.
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Margaret Hugeback Born in Carroll, Iowa on Apr. 14, 1910 Departed on Oct. 26, 2010 and resided in Wilmington, NC.
Service: Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010
Margaret Hugeback, 100, of Wilmington, passed away on October 26, 2010 at Lower Cape Fear Hospice Center in Wilmington, NC.
Margaret was born April 14, 1910, in Carroll, Iowa, the daughter of the late Frank and Mary Rupiper. Her husband of 61 years, Matt Hugeback, and her son, Harvey Hugeback, preceded her in death, along with her brother Norbert Rupiper and two sisters Lucy Horbach and Gen Pietig.
She is survived by her 5 children: Inez Hugeback of Sidney, Ohio; Vera Brosnahan of Fort Lauderdale, FL.; Romayne Hugeback and his wife Lorrie of Los Angeles, CA; Linda Scott and her husband Richard of Sidney, Ohio and Fort Lauderdale, FL; and Susan Hurst and her husband Dick of Wilmington, NC.
Margaret was actively involved in the Catholic Church where she was a 60 year member of the Catholic Daughters of America. She was a born leader, serving as both a Grand Regent and a District Deputy. She presided as President over 650 members of the Holy Spirit Guild. She volunteered 20 years for the hospital auxiliary.
Margaret enjoyed bridge, but most of all she loved music. She continued to sing and play the piano on her 100th birthday, which was celebrated in April with her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Her family was the key to her heart. She never missed sending them a birthday card, including all 21 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren.
Upon moving from Iowa, Margaret resided independently at Lakeshore Commons Retirement Home for the last 11 years. A service of celebration and remembrance of Margaret will be held at 1:30 Saturday, October 30, 2010 at Lakeshore Commons on Hospital Plaza Drive.
A Mass of the Resurrection will be held at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Chapel. Internment will follow at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Mausoleum in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials to be made to St. Marks Catholic Church in Wilmington or Lower Cape Fear Hospice, 1406 Physicians Drive Wilmington, NC 28401.
This Memorial Obituary provided by Andrews Valley Chapel
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