Hermenia Tubbs

Hermenia (Hedy) Alice Tubbs, 93, of Colby, died February 19, 2022, at Prairie Senior Living Complex in Colby, Kansas. She was born July 20, 1928, to Louis and Anna (Janousek) Stupka in Bear Lake, Wisconsin. Hermenia spent a short time in Wisconsin before moving with her family to a farm in Rawlins County, Kansas where she first learned the meaning of hard work. Helping with chores, milking cows, feeding and butchering chickens, cooking, scrubbing, were just a few of her daily tasks. But her orneriness and humor also played a part in this farm life. She liked to tell the story of she and her sisters throwing chickens out of the barn loft to see if they could fly only to discover to their dismay those chickens would be their dinner for that night. After several years her parents sold that farm and built a home north of Colby, Kansas.

Hedy was married to Jim Tubbs and two children were born to this union: Dale and Duane. After living in Goodland, Kansas for a short time where they owned and operated a gas station, they moved to Levant, Kansas where they resided for many years.

Hedy was an extremely hard worker all her life and not afraid to attempt any and all kinds of jobs. Among those were dental assistant, cafe operator, courthouse employee, skilled painter, restaurant cook, and housekeeper. She was well known for her work ethic and people admired how she was such an amazingly strong woman. Even in her later years she could be found climbing ladders to clean or paint.

Hedy loved her Bingo nights and traveled with friends to nearby towns to try her luck 2-3 times a week. She enjoyed crossword puzzles and embroidery work in her spare time and treasured the times she spent with grandkids, great grandkids, nieces and nephews. She loved caring for them and spending time with them which included many sleepovers.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Jim; her parents; sisters Bernice, Vivian, Mildred and Fronie (stillborn), and brothers Edwin, Chuck, and Louis (Sonny). Hedy is survived by sister Bettie; brother Herman (Bud); children, Dale (wife Alana) and Duane; grandchildren LeAnna Soehner (husband Chris), Luke Tubbs (wife Jada), Elizabeth Stowe, (husband Colt) and Travis Tubbs; 8 great grandchildren, and many nieces, nephews, cousins.

Hermenia Alice Tubbs was a kind, funny, hardworking, generous person who is finally at rest and at peace. She will be greatly missed by many.

A private graveside service for family and friends will be held Tuesday, February 22 at Beulah Cemetery, at 1:00 P.M. Memorials may be made to the Thomas County Community Foundation, Darren Miller Memorial Fund (Food for kids) or the memorial of your choice and sent in care of Baalmann Mortuary, P.0. Box 391, Colby, Kansas 67701.