Memorial service for Edwina M. Hubbard will be 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 30, 2021 in Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Dr. Wayne Morris officiating.

Edwina M. Hubbard died Tuesday, March 23, 2021 in Lawton, Oklahoma at the age of 93.  She was born July 22, 1927 in Brownwood, Texas to Thomas B. and Nell Marie (Forrester) Miller.  Her father worked in the oil fields, so she lived many different places before settling in Coleman, Texas.  She graduated high school at Coleman in 1944 and later earned her bachelor's degree in library science from North Texas State Teachers College in Denton, Texas.  She married William Homer Hubbard on June 16, 1956 in Kerrville, Texas.  The couple later divorced.

Edwina worked briefly as a school librarian before beginning a long career with Civil Service as a librarian for Veterans Administration hospitals.  She worked in New Orleans, Louisiana and transferred to Cheyenne, Wyoming in 1962, retiring in 1989.  She moved to Lawton in 2012 to be near her daughter who had accepted a position as Rector of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church.

Edwina was of the Baptist faith tradition and was a member of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association.  She enjoyed knitting, crocheting and needlepoint.

She is survived by her daughter, Shelley Forrester, as well as many other extended families.

Memorial contributions may be made to the New Directions Women's Shelter, P.O. Box 1684, Lawton, Oklahoma 73502 or to the Lawton Animal Shelter, 2104 SW 6 ^th Street, Lawton, Oklahoma 73501.