WALNUT — Esther C. Hubbard, 82, of Walnut died Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012, at Walnut Manor Nursing Home in Walnut.

Born Nov. 13, 1929, in West Brooklyn, Ill., to Earl and Marie (Jean Blanc) Mellott, she married Donald Heinzeroth. He preceded her in death in 1966. She then married Max Hubbard Sept. 10, 1969, in Mendota. He survives.

She operated, with her husband Max, the Gambles Store in Walnut for 30 years, worked as a clerk at the Winn-Dixi Grocery Store in Florida and ran Henpeck Antiques, retiring about five years ago.