Joyce Margaret Cornils Hubbard
Joyce was born on January 24, 1933, in the small town of Yorkville, ILL, where eggs cost 25 cents and milk cost 25 cents a gallon. Joyce died on October 29, 2023, at the Hospice Compassionate Care Center in Richmond, KY. She was the daughter of Edward Walter Cornils and Lenora Riemenschneider. She is survived by her daughter Connie Leigh Hubbard and son Timothy James Hubbard, wife Theresa, two grandsons, Jesse Lee Hubbard (Brandy), and Arthur Edward Hubbard (Stephanie) and great granddaughters, Faith, Kylie, and Abbie. Joyce also leaves a special daughter Elizabeth Huffman. She leaves a sister, Lois Mundwiler (Warren) and s host of nieces, nephews, and cousins in Illinois, Maine, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Colorado and a cousin, Eike Cornils Muhle, in Germany. Joyce also leaves behind many friends across the many places she has lived.
Joyce’s early world revolved around family events, her church next door, and her school across the street. After high school, she was accepted into the Chicago Wesley Hospital School of Nursing in 1951. She married her grade school soulmate in 1954, Lee W. Hubbard, and lived 61 years as an amazing Missionary journey serving in Henderson Settlement, Frakes, KY and the United Methodist Mountain Mission in Jackson, KY. Joyce was passionate about Micah 6:8, “What is good but to do justice, and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God.” One of her joys and memories was to have discovered her father’s Cornils relatives from Germany in 1975. Beginning in 1975 she and Lee enjoyed many visits between KY and Hamburg to share life with Eike.
Her husband, Lee, died peacefully on September 11, 2015. Joyce was a member of the United Methodist Church, the United Methodist Women, and the Kentucky for the Commonwealth, as well as several environmental organizations.
There will be a memorial of love service at a later date. Davis & Powell Funeral Directors in charge of arrangements.
In memory of Joyce Hubbard, donations may be made to: Henderson Settlement Methodist Mission, PO Box 205 Frakes, KY 40940 or to the United Methodist Mountain Mission, PO Box 888, Jackson, KY 41339-0888.
