OSAGE, IOWA — Kent D. Kubicek, 47, of Joplin, Mo., formerly of Osage, died Friday (March 20, 1998) at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin of natural causes.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Osage, with Father Philip Recker officiating. Cremation will follow the service. Inurnment will be in St. Peters Cemetery in New Haven.

Visitation will be held from 9 to 10 a.m. Tuesday at Champion Funeral Home, Osage.

Kent was born Jan. 28, 1951, at Osage, the son of Dale "Pete" and Donna (Green) Kubicek. He graduated from Osage High School in 1969. Kent married Debby Christofferson on Jan. 24, 1981, at St. Ansgar. He moved to Joplin six years ago from Clovis, Calif. After receiving his certificate of apprenticeship in 1974, he became a journeyman carpenter and millwright. He worked for Dalton Killinger Construction Company of Joplin as a construction superintendent. He was a member of Carpenters Union Local 311, and St. Mary's Catholic Church, both in Joplin.

Survivors include his wife, Debby of Joplin; three sons, Kane Kubicek of Cedar Rapids, Lonny Fiala of Mason City, and Taylor Kubicek at home; three daughters, Stacy Borcherding and her husband, Bob, of Waterloo, Jenny Krachmer and her husband, Shaun, of Austin, Minn., and Kari Kubicek of Rochester, Minn; two grandchildren; his parents, Dale "Pete" and Donna Kubicek of Osage; maternal grandmother, Marjorie Green of Osage; a sister, Clare Smith and her husband, Richard, of Clovis, Calif.; and a brother, Clay Kubicek and his wife, Jeanne, of Joplin, Mo.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents, John and Mary Kubicek.