Nick Ann Street

Nicholas ‘Nick’ Aron Huber 28, of Alta, Iowa passed away Saturday morning, July 19, 2008 at Buena Vista Regional Medical Center from the result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident and complications from ALS (Lou Gehrig‘s Disease).

Nick was the youngest child born to Allen “Jack” and Karen Huber of Menno, South Dakota on October 8, 1979. He attended Menno Public School while being very involved with oral interpretation, music and FFA. He showed passion for the game of baseball, playing since the age of six through his freshman year of college. He graduated high school in 1998 before attending Luther College in Decorah, IA. Nick, a communications major, was very involved with the sports information department at Luther. He got interested in radio broadcasting, covering not only college sports, but many area high school games over the radio. Nick was involved with the Luther choirs as well as hosted a weekly KWLC sports talk radio program.

Upon graduation from Luther in 2002, Nick was a graduate assistant in sports information at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota while working towards his masters in Sports Administration at the University of Minnesota Mankato. After Nick was diagnosed with ALS he married Ann Jorstad, whom he met while attending Luther College, on November 28, 2003. They lived in Denver, Colorado until his dream job took them to Northwest Iowa.

From August of 2004 Nick excelled as the Director of Sports Information at Buena Vista University until July 1, 2007 when his ALS progression forced him to begin a career of writing from home. He supported a blog on his website as well as writing a weekly sports column for the Storm Lake Tribune. He had faithful readers worldwide as he shared his opinions and passion for topics ranging from sports and democratic politics to advocacy for ALS research and everyday life.

Nick is survived by his wife Ann Huber; his parents Allen (Jack) and Karen Huber of Menno, SD; his brother David Huber (Marlys) and sister Kim Niedringhaus (fiancé Joe Herdina) of Sioux Falls, SD; his sister Karla Anderson (Mike) and sister Penny Mattson (Kurt) of Denver, CO; his father-in-law and mother-in-law Larry and Lana Jorstad; his sister-in-law Rebekah Tarras (Jeff) and brother-in-law Joshua Jorstad; his nieces and nephews Amanda, Matthew, Jennifer and Jacob Huber, Ben, Whitney and Anya Anderson, Luke and Nicole Niedringhaus and Eva Mattson. Nick is also survived by many aunts, uncles, cousins and countless friends.

Nick is preceded in death by his grandparents Walter and Linda Huber and Alfred and Mabel Sorlien.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, July 22 at 11:30 am at Schaller Chapel on the Buena Vista University Campus. A visitation with the family will be Monday evening, July 21 at the Nicklas Jensen Funeral Home in Alta, IA from 5pm – 8pm. Nick has requested memorials be directed to the ALS – Therapy Development Institute or www.als.net.

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