Hubble, Gale Gene 'Gabby'

1927 - 1998  (70 years)

• Name	Hubble, Gale Gene 'Gabby'
  Birth	13 Aug 1927	Wayne County, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	HUBB.G001
  _FGRAVE	215628822
  Military Service	World War II, Private, 119th Chemical Warfare Service Company, United States Army  [1]
  	Entered active service as a draftee on March 21, 1946 at Chicago, Illinois. Selected for the Chemical Warfare Service, completed basic training and qualified in the military occupational specialty of Light Truck Driver (3345). Assigned to and served stateside with the 119th Chemical Warfare Service Company. Earned the American Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal. Honorably discharged as a Private on June 13, 1947 at the Valley Forge General Hospital, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. (This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.) (Source: http://www.wwiimemorial.com/registry/search/pframe.asp?HonoreeID=2184460&popcount=106&tcount=224)
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		United States Army
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		Military Service Ribbons, Hubble, Gale Gene 'Gabby' (1927-1998) Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007 On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
  		World War II Honoree, Hubble, Gale G. (1927-1998)
  Death	14 May 1998	Clyde, Callahan County, Texas
  Person ID	I26733	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Hubble, William Sherman,   b. 1888   d. 1951 (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Moseley, Ellen Sophronia,   b. 1888   d. 1965 (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F11493	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Stanley, Norma Jean,   b. 19 Dec 1928, Drumright, Creek County, Oklahoma d. 3 Dec 2013, Clyde, Callahan County, Texas (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F18375	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 13 Aug 1927 - Wayne County, Illinois Death - 14 May 1998 - Clyde, Callahan County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Gale "Gabby" Hubble -70 - died Thursday, May 14, 1998 at a local nursing home. The body was cremated. A Memorial Service will be at 2:00 p.m. Monday in Bailey Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ronnie Timms officiating. Mr. Hubble was born in Wayne County Illinois to William Sherman Hubble and Ellen S. (Moseley) Hubble. He married Norma Jean Stanley in 1946 in Clay City, Illinois. He moved to Clyde, Texas in 1969 from Abilene. He worked as a truck driver for Hack Drilling for 22 years and Bandera Trucking for several years until retiring. He was a Baptist. Survivors include his wife, Norma Jean Hubble, of Clyde, Texas; one son, William Hubble of Chesapeake, Virginia; two daughters, Candance Faye Howard of New Braunfels, Texas and Debroah Kaye Huston of Naples, Florida; two brothers, Burton Hubble of Olney, Illinois, and Leon Hubble of Bettendorf, Iowa; one sister, Leila Mae Runyon of Noble, Illinois; 10 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren.

  
  

• Sources

  [S7520] World War II Honoree, Gale G. Hubble, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2184460) (Reliability: 2).