Neil V. Dubey

Neil V. Dubey

February 14, 1921 to March 30, 2013

Longtime Valley resident Neil Dubey died March 30, 2013, at the age of 92, at Pine Lake Adult Family Home. Neil had spent the greater part of his life living in the Snoqualmie Valley, on Tokul Road.Neil was born in Snohomish, WA, to Leslie and Molly Dubey. He moved with them, and his brother Jack, to Tokul Creek in 1924, attended school at Snoqualmie Falls and graduated from high school in Snoqualmie. He married Juanita (Gratzer) Dubey in 1941, and they moved to Tokul Creek, where they built their home. Neil served in the Merchant Marine during World War II as a third mate. He traveled the world. During that time, his brother Jack was lost at sea on another merchant ship. After the war, he worked for a time at Weyerhaeuser, then for Puget Power at the Snoqualmie Falls power plant. He went on to start his own electrical contracting business, which he kept at until about age 85. During that period, he bought several real estate properties, and the former furniture store in Snoqualmie, now the Snoqualmie Eagles. He followed his love of boating up the Canada coast for 10-plus years, selling wares for the winter and summer seasons to the general stores from Bella Coula to Prince Rupert. He always enjoyed meeting many people along the way, in every aspect of his life’s journey. Neil is survived by his daughter, Dawn Kissinger of Easton, her husband Bob, two grandsons, Robert Hamerly of Snoqualmie, his wife Heather and their children Jack and Lydia, and Ryan Hamerly of Valdez, Alaska, and his wife Shannon and their children Quentin and Savannah.