Muriel Kubert Passes Away

Muriel Isabel Kubert
77, co-owner of art school

She was a resident of Dover since 1962, and moved here from Towaco.

Mrs. Kubert was born in New York City, N.Y.

She was a member of Temple Adath Shalom of Parsippany.

She received her bachelor of business degree from Rider College.

She was the co-owner and operator of The Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art Inc., Dover.

She was a member of the Montville Historical Museum and a former member of the Dover Board of Education.

She is survived by her husband of 57 years, Joseph; five children, David of Dover, Danny of Chester, Lisa Zangara of West Virginia, Adam of Flanders and Andy of Randolph; 11 grandchildren, Jacob, Becky, Katie, Zachary, Orion, Troy, Max, Elizabeth, Jay, Sam and Emma; a brother, Joel Fogelson of Calif.; and a sister, Lenore Millian of Connecticut.

Visitation is on Thursday, July 10, 2008, from noon to 1 p.m. at Tuttle Funeral Home, 272 Route 10, Randolph. Funeral service to follow at 1 p.m.

Interment at Dover Mount Sinai Cemetery, Randolph.

Donations may be made in her name to Compassionate Care Hospice, 400 W. Blackwell St.,
Dover, N.J. 07801.

Muriel Kubert was very formal and a little stand-offish with the students. When I introduced John Totleben, . . . and John this is Muriel Kubert she corrected me . . . Mrs. Kubert.

She was never easy with the students. She was thrown into a world of mad people and she was more refined, saner than us. I don`t know how she survived those early years in the old Baker Mansion? It was never easy for her. But the school would not have happened without her authoritative iron hand.

Joe gets all the credit for the school but without Muriel he would never have made a go of the Joe Kubert school. She gave him the room he needed and was often a protective wall for her husband. And yes, even a bit of a dragon lady at times.

I never really got to know Muriel. She would not / could not be a person with any of the students. She never could have done what she needed to do. But I came to respect her for without her there would be hundreds of cartoonists doing something else for a living today. That includes me.