Robert (Bob) Lubben Dec. 4, 1929 – Dec. 7, 2018

      Robert (Bob) Lubben age 89, died Friday, Dec. 7, 2018 at the Monticello Nursing and Rehabilitation Center following an extended illness.

      Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday morning, Dec. 13, 2018 at the First Presbyterian Church, Monticello with interment in the Oakwood Cemetery.  Pastor Emory Gillespie will officiate at the services.  Friends may call from 4 until 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello.

      Surviving is his wife of over 65 years, Marjorie, a son David (Lisa) Lubben, six grandchildren, Lydia (Neal) Grant, Lael and Clayton Lubben, Allison (Josh) Kelchen, Emma Lubben and Dane Heiar, three great-grandchildren, Lincoln, Collins and Owen, and a brother-in-law, George Schneiter.  He was preceded in death by his parents, his son Alan in 2009 a brother Irvin and four sisters, Lorraine, Esther, Arlene and Shirley.

      Robert Howard Lubben was born Dec. 4, 1929 in Monticello, Iowa.  He was the son of William and Anna Harms, Lubben and grew up on the cattle farm they owned in Castle Grove Township.   He graduated from the Monticello Community Schools with the class of 1948.  Bob went on to serve in the United States Air Force.  He returned to Monticello and then attended University of Dubuque and the University of Iowa for a semester each.  He worked for Energy Manufacturing for several years.  Bob married Marjorie Thomas on Dec. 24, 1952 at the First Congregational Church, Monticello.  They started farming the next spring on a farm south of Sand Springs.  He had a herd of 150 cows, 600 head of cattle and raised corn, soybeans and hay.  In 1989 they moved to a farm just north of Langworthy and turned the farming operation over to his sons.

      Bob enjoyed the many family gatherings at the Lubben Pond that he made in 1974.  He was inducted into the Hall of Fame by the Jones County Cattlemen in 1998.  His foremost love was farming and his family, especially the grandchildren.