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Carl Z. Hubbartt

Carl Zelotis Hubartt, 96, died Sunday morning, Aug. 19, 2018, at Heritage Pointe in Warren.

Mr. Hubartt spent part of his childhood in Warren. He graduated from Wolcottville High School. After working at General Electric, he enlisted in the United States Army on Oct. 25, 1943, and served in the Philippines during World War II. He was discharged as a staff sergeant in early 1946. He worked as a draftsman for IT&T in Fort Wayne and Franklin Electric in Bluffton, from where he retired. He was a charter member of Shoaff Park Baptist Church, in Fort Wayne, where he served and worshiped for many years.

He was born Nov. 1, 1921, in Mears, MI, to Orval T. and Mary Alma Buckles Hubartt. He married Phylis B. Hacker, and she survives in Warren.

Additional survivors include two sons, Dennis Hubartt, of Ketchikan, AL, and Kerry Hubartt, of Leo; seven grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Joan, in 1999; a daughter, Kathleen Ford, in 2013; and infant grandchild, Joshua Ford.

Calling is Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., with a funeral service to follow at 11:30 a.m., at Heritage Pointe-Applegate Chapel, 801 Huntington Ave., Warren. Rev. Gene Vickery will officiate. Burial will take place in Thorn Cemetery in rural Columbia City.

Arrangements are being handled by Glancy-H. Brown & Son Funeral Home in Warren.