Kenneth J. Tubbs

Jul 7, 1914 - Sep 2, 1988

Kenneth J. Tubbs, 74, of 725 E. Washington St., also of Fishers Lake, Three Rivers, died at 8 a.m. today in Memorial Hospital after an illness. Mr. Tubbs was a retired captain from the South Bend Fire Department, where he was employed for 33 years.

He was born July 7, 1914, in South Bend, where he lived his entire life.

On June 24, 1939, in South Bend, he married Marian Murphy. She survives along with three daughters, Mary Inabinit of Granger, Kathleen Jamieson of Downers Grove, Ill., and Connie Hurley of Culver; two sons, Patrick A. of South Bend and Jame of Raleigh, N.C.; 17 grandchildren; a great-grandson, a sister, Dorothy Talbot of South Bend; and a brother, Charles W. of South Bend.

He was a member of Local 413 of the Carpenters Union, Local 362 of the South Bend Fire Fighters union, St. Joseph Catholic Church and Fraternal Order of Eagles 1706 of Three Rivers.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in St. Joseph Catholic Church. Burial will be in St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday in Hickey Funeral Home, Cleveland Road Chapel, 17131 Cleveland Road.

The South Bend Tribune South Bend, IN, 02 Sep 1988

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