Brenda Hubbert

Brenda Kay (Taft) Hubbert, age 69, of Battle Creek, passed away on December 1, 2019 at Bronson Battle Creek Hospital.  She was born in Battle Creek, Michigan on November 8, 1950 to Wendal E. and Jeanette J. (Hand) Taft.  She graduated from Harper Creek High School and Kellogg Community College.  She also attended Michigan State University.  She was employed by Grand Trunk Railroad (now CNN Railroad) as a steno-clerk from the time she graduated high school until her retirement in 2009.  Her love of the railroad spread to a large collection of trains which she proudly displayed.  Brenda was a talented and diverse person.  She began playing the accordion when she was only three years old and continued to play in a trio with her sisters, Sally and Carolyn, for some time after that.  She was involved in 4-H for many years showing her horse and displaying her sewing projects at the county fair.  She was most proud of a full-length, lined coat she made.  She was awarded a trip to Washington DC for one of her many projects in 4-H.  Other highlights of her life were her ability to knit, crochet and tat.  She enjoyed bowling.  She enjoyed her high school Spanish trip to Mexico.  She loved Sudoku puzzles, bingo and trips to the casino.  She also loved and cared for her dogs Murphy, Goober, Gizmo and Howie; a cat named Cuddles and her horses Deborah Jane and Sir Playboy Maugray.  She maintained close friendships with many of her high school classmates and co-workers at the railroad.  Brenda is survived by her mother; Jeanette J. Taft, sisters; Sally (Lou) Bishop Carolyn Heath, sons; Dorn Taft and Andrew Hubbert, grandsons; Chase and Christian Hubbert, all off Battle Creek, and a large extended family of aunts, uncles, cousins and close friends.  She was preceded in death by her father; Wendal E. Taft.  Visitation will be held on Friday, December 13, 2019 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Richard A. Henry Funeral Home & Cremation Services, with a short service to follow at 11:30, Pastor Don Mason of the First Congregational Church of Union City, Michigan officiating.  Memorial contributions may be made to the Humane Society, 2500 Watkins Road, Battle Creek, MI. 49015 (This is where Brenda adopted Howie) or to the American Cancer Society (Brenda was a cancer survivor) www.henryfuneralhome.org