Ubben thankful for family, faith and a life well lived

Nobody loses their battle with cancer. Some just fight it longer than others.

Darla Ubben’s journey on Earth came to an end Monday morning, but just over 72 hours prior—during her final interview—she remained remarkably candid, optimistic and relaxed. Lying on her bed in a quaint room— below a wall plaque that read “Brave,” a gift from the Roland-Story girls basketball team—at Iowa River Hospice, surrounded by family and at peace with her situation, she had plenty on her mind: physically tired but mentally stirring, Ubben warned that a greater struggle between good and evil was underway, one that won’t be subsiding anytime soon.

“I know I’m going to go to heaven. I know where my eternity lies. I pray that these kids know where their eternity lies,” she said, pointing to her three children. “I just really believe with my whole heart that God’s going to win. He’s winning this war, and he’s not going to quit until it’s done.”

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Read the full story in the December 6 edition.