Helen M. Hubb

Helen M. Hubb, age 91, of Madison, Wisconsin, formerly of Elizabeth, Illinois, passed away Monday, August 21, 2017, at The Willows Rehab and Nursing Home in Madison, Wisconsin. A funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, August 26, 2017, at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Elizabeth. Burial will take place in Elizabeth Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home. A memorial fund has been established in Helen’s memory.

Helen was born on February 2, 1926, in Freeport, Illinois, the daughter of Charles and Mary (McDougall) Tippett. She attended Elizabeth Public Schools and graduated high school with the Class of 1944. She was a lifelong member of the Elizabeth First United Methodist Church. She loved spending time with her family and worked as a waitress at several restaurants in Elizabeth, as well as at the Stockton Golf Club.

Helen will be dearly missed by her daughter, Mary C. Altizer of Madison, Wisconsin; grandchildren, Jason (Carrie) Leverington, Dennis (Roxanne) Altizer, Timothy Altizer, and Corey (Michelle) Althizer; 10 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her son, Charles; a sister, Catherine; two brothers, Cletus and LeRoy; a sister-in-law, Violet Tippett; one grandson, Nevin Leverington; a son in-law, Dennis Altizer; and several nieces and nephews.