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The heavenly gates opened up at 3 p.m. on April 8, 2022 to welcome our beloved father, grandfather, brother, and friend home with Our Lord Jesus Christ. Frank was reunited in death with his grandmother, Ernestine Ida McKay-Hubble; parents, Frank A. Hubble Sr. and Reubena Rhodes; twin brother, Reuben, and his first wife, Willie V. Richmond. Left to treasure a legacy of precious memories are his four daughters Felicia, Francheska, Kisha and Indira, from first wife with their 7 grandchildren: Xavier, Vecartier, Dominik, Terez, Monise, Siena, and Chardonnay who gave him his first Great Grandson Silas before passing. His second wife Imelda Hubble and her children Teresa, Imee, Gracie, Nicolette and Michael, along with his five grandchildren, Noah, Damon, Galilea, Charley, and Levi mourn their step-fathers passing as well as a host of cousins on the Rhodes and Hubble lineage and his church family and Carmelite prayer group and many friends around the world. Frank A. Hubble Jr. was born in Chicago, IL and later grew up in Peoria, IL. He attended Spalding Institute and lettered in track and field and the high school field and concert bands. After graduating from high school in 1962, Frank A. Hubble Jr. enlisted in the U.S. Army and received basic military training and technical training as a supply specialist at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Completing training in 1963 Frank A. Hubble Jr. was assigned to Fort Benning, Georgia as a supply specialist where he received further training as a supply specialist and as an armor and small arms repairman. While assigned to the Army Security Agency, Eighteenth Airborne Corp, 7th Special Forces, Frank A. Hubble Jr. attended and completed Advance Infantry training in 1964. Frank A. Hubble Jr. served honorably in Germany and Korea and received an honorable discharge in 1966. Upon entering civilian life Frank A. Hubble Jr. held several jobs including establishing a distributing company and founding a Karate School in his home town of Peoria, Illinois. In 1971, Frank A. Hubble Jr. entered the Air Force under the prior service program. In 1971, he attended technical training at Lowry AFB, Colorado. Upon completion of technical training school, Frank A. Hubble Jr. was assigned to Vandenberg AFB, California; served at Shemya, Alakska AFB, Barksdale, Louisiana AFB, Little Rock, Arkansas AFB, Lakenheath, England Royal Air Force, and Castle AFB, California. He obtained a degree in Logistics Management from the Community College of the Air Force. He served in the local Castle AFB community chapel in its Lay Ministry program. He was selected as the Deputy Commander for Resource Management Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Quarter for the months of January through March 1987 and subsequently the 93rd Bombardment Wing Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Quarter. He was SMSgt before retiring from active duty service. His grandson, Dominik, is following in his grandfather's footsteps and started basic training in the Air Force on April 4th, 2022. After retirement Frank A. Hubble Jr. went to Law School for a year for paralegal and later stopped and for five years attended and graduated with the Merced College Class of 2000. As a result, he became a licensed Radiologic X Ray Technologist in the State of California. Frank A. Hubble Jr. was a dedicated God fearing man who was a member of St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Atwater, CA for over 30 years and taught religious studies to the youth for many years and gave generously to charities. Before he transitioned, he was able to see his first great grandson, Silas, be baptized. While in the Air Force for 22 years, Frank attended a prayer group in Barksdale Air Force Base Louisiana that went from 13 adults to over 300 adults. Frank also became a member of the Third Order of the Carmelite Discalced Religious Order. He is currently a member of the Modesto Carmelite Discalced Community. He was also stationed at Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas where he attended Mary Lake Discalced Carmelite monastery to learn more about the Carmelite Order. Carmelites emphasize union with God through prayer, contemplations, Divine Reading, and Silence. While at Castle AFB Atwater after completing a college degree, Frank, along with the Base Commander helped establish the Right of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) and brought Air Force personnel families into the Catholic Church. Frank taught as a catechist for four years at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Merced, California and is currently registered as a catechist for the Diocese of Fresno on his fifth year in 2019 as a catechist at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church in Livingston, California teaching 30 high school boys. Frank is also a 3rd and 4th degree Knights of Columbus. He also helps lead the St. Anthony’s English Catholic Charismatic Prayer Group (the group is over 30 years old). He offers Carmelite Studies within the group of St. John of the Cross and St. Teresa of Avila and Lectio Divina of reading and understanding scripture. Frank's love for Our Lord Jesus Christ and his Mother Mary was abundantly clear and referred to himself as A Slave of Jesus through Mary which showed through his dedication of unwavering faith, his big smile, and loving care for others throughout the world. He was a great father, husband, and friend. We invite you to please come and celebrate his homecoming. A visitation will be held on Thursday, May 5, 2022 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Turlock Funeral Home, 425 N. Soderquist Rd., Turlock, CA in the Main Chapel. Funeral services will be held on Friday, May 6, 2022, beginning with the Rosary at 9:30 a.m. and Mass at 10:00 a.m. at St. Anthony's Catholic Church, 1799 Winton Way, Atwater, CA, 95301.

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Frank Hubble Jr.

April 23, 1944 - April 8, 2022