Anne (Val)

Valerie Hubbard

Anne Valerie "Val" Hubbard, 90, passed away on Sunday July 7th in Wichita Falls. Interment of her ashes and her husband Bob's ashes, will take place at 9:45 am Sunday, September 1st at the Scattering Gardens and a service in her honor will be held at 10:45 am, both at Faith Episcopal Church, 1437 Southwest Parkway, Wichita Falls TX.

Val was born in Coventry, Warwickshire, England. She was a nurse by trade and attended Gulson Training Hospital for Nurses in Coventry where she successfully passed the examination to become a registered nurse. Soon thereafter Val was a hired as a nurse at Warneford Hospital in the nearby town of Leamington Spa. It was there she met a handsome young rugby player in need of treatment named Bob Hubbard.

In October 1956 she married Bob at St. Mary's Priors in Leamington Spa and so began a love story that would span two continents, three countries and reach all the way from England to Wichita Falls. Soon after marriage, Val and Bob moved to Montreal, Canada and not long thereafter to Long Island New York. In New York, Val and Bob welcomed their daughter SuzAnne and son John. In 1973 the Hubbard family (along with their Welsh corgi and cat) moved to Wichita Falls. Once in Wichita Falls Val continued her nursing career working in various medical capacities throughout town but primarily in ophthalmology. Val and Bob supported the Wichita Falls Symphony and Backdoor Theatre and were regularly seen at the Backdoor Dinner Theatre. The family were dedicated parishioners at All Saints' Episcopal Church for many years, where Val sang in the choir and served on the vestry.

Bob passed away in 2007 having been married to Val for 50 years. She is survived by her daughter SuzAnne Russell, son-in-law Dale Russell, her grandson Landry Russell and his wife Chrissy Hopkins, and her grandson Griffin Russell and his wife Brianna Russell. Val is also survived by her son John Hubbard and granddaughter Lucia Hubbard, along with several nieces and nephews in England.