Rachel M. Kubik

Rachel Mayme Kubik, 88, of Emerson, NE passed away on Monday, September 14, 2015 at the Heritage of Emerson Nursing Home in Emerson, NE. Funeral services for Rachel will be held on Friday, September 18, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Emerson with Pastors Gretchen Ritola and Sarah Ruch officiating. The visitation will be held on Thursday from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church with a prayer service at 7:00 p.m. Burial will be in the Rose Hill Cemetery of Emerson. Memorials may be directed to the family for future designation. Munderloh – Smith Funeral Home of Emerson is in charge of the arrangements. Rachel was born on October 1, 1926 to James Richard and Annie (Boeshart) Kingston in their home northeast of Dixon, NE. She was baptized at the Rosehill Methodist Church in Dixon. Rachel attended Happy Corner, Clark and Myrtle Creek Country Schools and graduated from Allen High School in 1943. After school she attended normal teaching school and taught at Turtle Hill Country School for a year and at Clark Center Country School for two years. On January 15, 1947, she married Theodore “Ted” Kubik at her parents’ home in Allen. The couple farmed in the Allen and Emerson areas until 1962, when they moved to the Kubik family farm south of Walthill, NE. In January of 1973, they moved back to Emerson, where they farmed and she worked for the Farmers Co-Op and Emerson Housing Authority until her retirement. Ted passed away on November 28, 1990. Rachel was an active member of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, was a member of St. Luke’s Miriam Bible Study Group and St. Luke’s Women’s group. She was also an active member of the American Legion Auxiliary serving for 57 years. Rachel is survived by her sons: James (Kris) Kubik of Pawnee City, NE and Scott (Wendy) Kubik of Emerson, NE. She is also survived by her grandchildren: Jeff Kubik, Laura Fuehrer, Ashley (Brett) Balliet and Joseph Kubik and her great grandchildren: Kyla Kubik, Breana Fuehrer, Valencia Fuehrer, Corbin Balliet and Abel Balliet and her sister Faith (Bernard) Keil of Allen, NE. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband Ted.