July
19, 2008
(release courtesy of Steven Phelps, Buena Vista University sports
information director)
STORM
LAKE, IOWA . . . Nick Huber, who served as sports information
director at Buena Vista Univesity from 2004-2007, passed away
early Saturday morning (July 19) at Buena Vista Regional Medical
Center in Storm Lake.
"Nick
Huber's courage was unmatched," said BVU President Fred
Moore. "He taught all of us a great deal about
the true meaning of life. Nick was the consumate professional.
His writing skills were simply extraordinary. On behalf of the
entire BVU family, I extend our deepest sympathy to his family."
Huber
was a 2002 graduate of Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, where
he also played baseball as a freshman. He then became a graduate
student at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn., and
worked in the sports information department. He moved to Storm
Lake in the summer of 2004 from Colorado as he wanted to get
back into doing what he loved and that was promoting athletics.
Since 2003, he had inspired and touched many lives through his
battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), more commonly
known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.
Visitation
will take place on Monday, July 21 from 5-8 p.m. at the Jensen
Funeral Home in Alta. Funeral services will take place on Tuesday,
July 22 at 11:30 a.m. in Schaller Chapel on the BVU campus.
The
family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials be sent to
the ALS Therapy Development Institute to support ongoing ALS
research. Donations can be made online at www.als.net.
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