Mary S. “Sue” Hub
Mary S. “Sue” Hub, 82, longtime resident of La Grange, passed away April 5, 2015 at home with hospice surrounded by family after being diagnosed 12 weeks ago with pancreatic cancer. She had also lived with Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) for the last four years. Wife of the late Ken, mother of Pat (Heather), Alan (Christopher), Chris, David (Sarah), Andrew (Eleni) and mother in law of Alice Nelson. Nurturing and passionate grandmother of Taylor, Cameron, Julia, and Matthew. She was a sister, sister in law, aunt and dear friend. Sue was highly involved with the League of Women Voters, and through that became involved with the Cook County Court Watching Project and the Juvenile Court Watching Project and was instrumental in setting up the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) program throughout the state of Illinois. She was twice appointed to the Judicial Inquiry Board by Gov. James Thompson. Sue loved to fly fish and to garden and enjoyed many years of both with Ken and her family. She traveled extensively and loved Italy; in her last few months she regretted having to say goodbye to her Italian group that she had participated in for years. She loved good food, good wine (especially champagne), and celebrations at the dining table with family, particularly her grandchildren of whom she was very fond. She was an avid card player (bridge, poker or Uno) depending on the crowd; a stickler for good manners and proper English; adventurous, sometimes irreverent, and pyrotechnically inclined. Donations in her memory can be made to Doctors Without Borders. Plans for a memorial service are underway.
How greatly i will miss beloved Aunt Sue! Fiercely intelligent, funny and fun. A lover of things extraordinarily good, she brought me to majestic remote mountaintops; Broadway shows, some of the best meals of my life, and most of all, to an appreciation of great times around the kitchen table with loved ones. Without hesitation i can say that she was the greatest influence, outside that of my Mother, that I’ve had. I am so grateful to have had the privilege of her mentoring. On one such occasion, when I was a young adult living in downtown Chicago, she brought me to a fabulous lunch at Frontera, reservations were coveted. The first thing she asked when we sat down was, “well, Elizabeth, the question is, are you going to be able to handle tequila at lunch?” spoken only in the way she could. After, we went to Barneys and tried on hats. :..) RIP Aunt Sue, we will miss you so much! I hope they have great potato chips where you are and I cherish the memories. Big hugs to all the Hub boys and your families.
Aunt Sue wrote the book on COOL.
I have Many great memories I will treasure, one of the first:
When the Hubs would come visit when we were very young, Aunt Sue
would let us snitch bacon, declaring to Mom : “Good Heavens Ann, It’s just bacon”.
Trump card played.
Thanks for everything , Aunt Sue! Heaven just got a lot Cooler. Will miss you. Love to all Hubs
The end of an era. So many, many laughs. So many opinions. A terrific dame has left the stage. Fireworks at the service?
With a smile and unease, I picture Hawaii, our wedding day-after party, 3 look-alike sisters standing by a microphone singing Catholic school songs from memory and playing a large yellow bongo drum to a bunch of local Hawaiians. Truly, God bless these women, their joyous lives, the wisdom they shared with immediate and extended family. We have all become better people for it! I will miss Aunt Sue. My wish is for peace and solace with every Hub. Aloha.
I will miss my sister, but I will always treasure my memories of her.
I can remember the conversations about such interesting subjects as a kiddo, not knowing 90% of what was being discussed but I learned from her to have your non-sugarcoated educated opinion and then smile. Thinking as a kid.. wow Aunt Sue is really sharp. A major inspiration along with my Grandmother Ann in my past cooking career. I never missed a day at Grandmas when Aunt Sue was in town because I knew it was going to be about having fun, cooking and laughing. I can remember family dinner on Marshall Pl. when the youngsters would be excused early from a world class portion of chicken slop to oyster rock… we would “secretly” rendezvous under the dining room table to do the classic “tie the adults shoes together”. I always made sure I knew what shoes Aunt Sue was wearing… those where avoided and usually pawned off to a younger cousin.
Rest in peace with your sisters.