Jean Hubbard

The children of Jean Hubbard regret to announce their beloved mom passed away at The Valley Hospital on October 24, 2023, at 91. She was born June 17, 1932, at Englewood Hospital to Philip W. and Jennie (Dwyer) McCarthy. She grew up in Bergenfield and graduated from Bergenfield H.S. in 1950. She then worked as a secretary for American Surety in Manhattan until 1956. She married James J. Kopf at the Old South Church in Bergenfield on May 12, 1951.

James was K.I.A. in the Korean War on September 8, 1951. Jean then met George H. Hubbard when he got her mom’s car started one night at the train station in Bergenfield. The two wed on September 4, 1954, at the Old South Church. The couple lived in Bergenfield until May 7, 1957, when they moved to their new house in Hillsdale where Jean has resided since. There the couple raised four children.

Our mom was a caring, strong and loving mother who was fiercely independent and did things her way. Her main focus in life was her family and home. She loved her pet cats, Chihuahua, the Yankees, her friends and keeping tabs on everything and her grandchildren. She enjoyed babysitting and house cleaning during her younger years. Her family will miss her terribly.

Jean was predeceased by her husband George in 2012, her son Steven in 2018, and is survived by her sons Robert of Westwood, William of Palm Springs, CA., daughter Patricia Kilbride (Jeff) of Westwood, daughter in law Lisa Hubbard of Mt. Laurel, her beloved grandchildren Glenn and Julie Hubbard and her sister Doris Sloan of Piseco, NY.