Gladys Viola Lubben

Gladys Lubben Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 12, St. John's Lutheran Church, Danforth, Ill. Visitation: 6-8 p.m. today, July 11, Redenius Funeral Home, Gilman. Also one hour prior to the service at the church. DANFORTH, Ill. -- Gladys Viola Lubben, 91, of Danforth, Ill., formerly of Gilman, died Monday, July 9, 2007. The Rev. James Gerth will officiate. Burial will be at the Cissna Park Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Prairieview Lutheran Home. Mrs. Lubben was born Nov. 29, 1915, in Francesville, Ind., to Samuel J. and Viola M. (Kohler) Hoffmann. She graduated from Cissna Park High School in 1933 and attended Bowns Business College in Peoria. She was a secretary for Iroquois Service Company and S.J. Hoffmann and Sons. She married Lloyd L. Emmert Aug. 22, 1937. He died Dec. 23, 1953. Her second marriage was to William H. Lubben March 25, 1959. He died Oct. 18, 2003. She enjoyed playing bridge and was a member of St John's Lutheran Church, the Gilman Women's Club, Iroquois County Republican Women's Board, St. John's Rebekah Dorcas Circle and served as AARP treasurer for Iroquois County. Survivors include a son, Larry L. Emmert and his ...[more]

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e, Sue, of Muscatine; a daughter, Joyce A. Chin and her husband, David, of Kingston, Jamaica; three grandchildren, Andrew Emmert, Kristin Lee and Bobby David Chin; five great-grandchildren, Ryan and Michael Lee and Samuel, Sophia and Anastasia Emmert; and a sister, Thelma Reed of Cissna Park. She was preceded in death by her parents; two husbands; and two brothers, Kenneth and Wayne Hoffmann.