Phyllis Stock

Phyllis Marie Stock, age 84 of Ionia, IA, died peacefully Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at the 9th Street Chautauqua Guest Home in Charles City. A private family service will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 4 , 2020, at the Hugeback Johnson Funeral Home and Crematory in Nashua with Sister Diana Blong presiding. PLEASE JOIN THE FAMILY SATURDAY AT 10:30 A.M. VIA FACEBOOK LIVE ON THE HUGEBACK JOHNSON FUNERAL HOMES FACEBOOK PAGE. THE FAMILY ASKS THAT NO FLOWERS BE SENT AT THIS TIME. Private family burial will take place at Sunnyside Memory Gardens, rural Charles City, following the service. Phyllis Marie Stock was born August 5, 1935, in rural Chickasaw County, IA, the daughter of Raymond and Marie (Clark) Boggess. She was one of seven children and grew up in Chickasaw, where she attended school until the eighth grade. Phyllis then transferred to Ionia Independent High School, where she was a member of the Class of 1953. After graduation, she went to work for KCHA radio in Charles City before she met Don Hubert at a dance in Ionia. The couple exchanged vows in 1956, moved to Savanna, Illinois and welcomed three children — Steve in 1957 and Jan in 1959. They moved to Bassett in 1960 and Dan was born in 1969. Phyllis’ children remember growing up in a home with a mother who was very caring and attentive. Phyllis and her mother Marie tended a big garden, and the sounds of canning could be heard throughout the Hubert home. They also remember that mom always had her hair done on Fridays and that their parents, like clockwork, went for dinner and dancing the following evening at the old Moose Lodge in Charles City. When Dan began kindergarten in 1974, Phyllis took a job as a meat wrapper at the old Red Owl store in Charles City, which later became the Country Store. From there, she took a job in the Hy-Vee Meat Department. Phyllis was always a saver; she knew the value of having money put aside during tough times. Phyllis and Don eventually divorced, but they continued to come together for family gatherings. In 1990, Phyllis married Dennis Stock, and the couple loved to play cards, especially euchre. Phyllis in many ways was a homebody, she liked to be with her family and friends, go shopping for deals at thrift shops, rummage sales and the dollar stores and she adored spending time with her grandchildren, and she taught them all the art of making a good deal. Denny passed away in 2010, and she eventually began spending time with Eldon Hennick, with whom she got to experience a wonderful cruise and visit Arizona for a couple of winters. Eldon sadly passed away in 2014. Phyllis also loved to play the lottery scratch tickets, but she was pretty particular about the games she played. She was a “Bonus Crossword” player, mostly because they took a long time to do, and Phyllis once cashed in two $5,000 tickets in a span of six days. In 2011, after 51 years, she left her home in Bassett and moved to Charles City — first residing at the Starr Home, then Apple Valley Assisted Living, where she loved all the ladies at her dinner table and had a special friendship with her neighbor, Tom Grimm. She spent her final weeks at the 9th Street Chautauqua Guest Home. Phyllis was always popular with the staff, and she was appreciative of all they did for her. She was a woman who enjoyed the simple things in life — a drive through Chickasaw, finding that great deal on something she needed or may not have needed and spending time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren — and she will be missed by many. Survivors include three children, Steve (Jennifer) Hubert of Charles City, Jan (Justin) Jung of Floyd, Dan Hubert of Charles City; six grandchildren, Jay (Marlowe) Jung, Jacob (Kellie) Hubert, Walker Jung, Whittney (Dave) Hubert, Jenna (Aaron) Wedeking, Maxine (Nick) Hubert; eight great-grandchildren and one on the way; one brother, Donald Boggess of Cedar Falls; one sister, Donna (Dean) Lynch of Charles City; many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Raymond and Marie Boggess, her husband, Dennis Stock in 2010; siblings, Ruby Goodale, Wilma Fisher, Jerry Boggess and Lorraine Boggess.