Robert J. Hubbard (Bob) passed away on Feb. 20, 2019, just short of his 89th birthday. He was born March 2, 1930, in McRoberts, Kentucky, to Charles and Hazel Hubbard.

Bob moved to Washington, Menlo Valley, with his parents at the age of 5. He graduated high school there and played football and basketball. Two sports he loved to play, and was a three-year varsity letterman.

He served in the Marines and later Air Force during the Korean War. He returned and began his college education in Pullman, where he met and later married Martha Grace Orban. After moving to Eureka, California, he attended and graduated from Humboldt State with a degree in forestry. In 1960, with two of three boys in tow, they moved to Castle Rock and worked for Weyerhaeuser Co. for 15 years. Bob continued to work in the timber industry for many years and later was a guard for Green Hill in Chehalis, Washington.

Bob was an avid hunter and fisherman, especially in his younger years when he taught all his sons how to shoot, fish and hunt.

Around 1980, he began to do bench press and other powerlifting and went on to hold the world record in his age and weight class. He traveled back East and to the Midwest to compete and has numerous trophies, titles and awards while he competed. He was preceded in death by his wife Martha (De De) and two brothers, Jack and Charlie.

A memorial will be held in his honor on March 30, 2019, at 1 p.m. at the Chehalis Baptist (Grace Church), 1866 Market Blvd., Chehalis, WA 98532.

Arrangements are under the care of Cattermole Funeral Home, Winlock.