Robert Loren 'Robby' Hubbard

Robert Loren “Robby” Hubbard passed away on Oct. 29, 2010, at St. Patrick’s Hospital in Missoula, Mont., after a 20-year struggle with bi-polar disorder.

He was born in Seattle, Wash., on Oct. 24, 1969, moving to Petersburg, Alaska, in 1970. In 1976, he moved to Sandpoint, Idaho, and graduated from Sandpoint High School in 1987.

He attended the University of Great Falls for chemistry in 1993 in Montana and the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho, from 1995-1998, for chemistry, philosophy and psychology.

He was published twice in chemistry and once in philosophy. He worked in a lab while attending U of I.

Robby is so remembered as a thinker by family and too many friends and co-workers to mention. His mind never shut down. We have been told that he thought while asleep.

He enjoyed the vast outdoors, clouds, sunrises, water, sunsets, wind, rain, sun, the smell of soil — all part of God’s creation.

He was a skilled debater and loved in-depth conversation over the trivial. He had a fantastic sense of humor and loved people, always trying to see inside of them and himself.

Robby worked for Charlie’s Produce in Seattle, Small Change (tree planting), Inter Mt. Tower, Utah, Halli-burton Energy Services, Chemical Barn, Wyo-ming; Fuse Engineering and Technical, LTD, Pennsylvnia and Tennessee; WCC Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan; Watershed Restoration Group, Montana; Hubbard’s Cupboard and Construction, Montana; Edge Wireless Corporation, Oregon; Flamescapes, Montana; and Halliburton Energy Services, Wyoming.

Robby is survived by a son, Geoffrey Hess of Twin Falls, Idaho; parents, Leroy and Harriett Hubbard of Eureka, Mont.; a brother, Kevin Hubbard of Edmonds, Wash.; nephews, James Kelley of Kalispell, Mont.; and Adam Hubbard of Edmonds. He was preceded in death by his brother, Warren Kelley; and his grandparents.

A memorial of Robby was held Nov. 6, 2010, at Riverstone Lodge in Eureka. Interment was held at Fortine Cemetery in Fortine, Mont.

Family and friends miss our Robby more than words can say — rest, your struggles are over.