Lela M. Lubeck Obituary (1942

Lela Marie Lubeck, age 78, died Monday, December 20, 2021 at Marshfield Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, December 27, 2021 at Herman-Taylor Funeral Home in Wisconsin Rapids. A visitation for family and friends will be held that day from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Lela was born on December 28, 1942 in Stanley, Wisconsin, to Frank and Edith Shortell. As a child, the Shortell family moved to the Vesper, Wisconsin area where she attended the Bean School. Lela married Gordon Lubeck on July 3, 1960 while Gordon was in the United States Army. They lived in Arizona and Missouri until his discharge in 1963 when they returned to Vesper. They remained there until Gordon's passing in October 2021. While raising her three sons, Lela was active with the Vesper Lions softball league as a score keeper. She would worked seasonally at Figi's in Marshfield and several years at Winch Oil Company of Vesper. She is survived by her sons: Lee (Mikiko) Lubeck of Kobe, Japan, Lonny Lubeck of Necedah, Wisconsin, and Lewis (Lori) Lubeck of Vesper; brother Levine Shortell of Nekoosa, Wisconsin; sister Lola Becker of Sherry, Wisconsin; grandson Ian Lubeck of Kobe, Japan, and Greg and Ashley Zimmerman of Arpin, Wisconsin; and "sister cousin" Sadie Jagodzinski of Vesper, Wisconsin. Herman-Taylor Funeral Home is honored to be assisting the family.