SCARBOROUGH & BRUNSWICK- Ronald V. Dubay, age 86, passed away on Nov. 25, 2021.
A Celebration of Life service will be held Thursday 12/2/2021 at 10:00am at Grace Bible Church of Gorham, 73 Deering Road Gorham Maine.
A graveside service will be held on Thursday Dec. 2 at 2 PM at Brooklawn Memorial Park, 2002 Congress St., Portland where he will be laid to rest next to his wife Patricia. Please bring a chair if you wish to sit.
Ronald V. Dubay "Ron" W1UMQ
1935 - 2021
SCARBOROUGH- Our beloved father at 86, passed away peacefully at the Gosnell Hospice House in Scarborough on 11/25/2021. Our family thanks you for your comforting care to him.
Also we want to thank all of the friends and staff at Coastal Landing in Brunswick who welcomed helped our Dad there at his last residence.
He was born in Caribou in 1935, moved to Portland in 1945, graduated from Deering High School in 1953. His spiritual journey began reciting The Lord's Prayer ( Matthew 6:9 -13 ) along with The Pledge of Allegiance each day in school. At the age of 15, he heard a famous weightlifter testify of Jesus' love & forgiveness. It was then that he surrendered his life to Christ Jesus and testified the message to his parents, Philip & Adeline. They were all baptized together in 1950 at First Baptist Church in South Portland. When his little sister, Terry was born they attended church as a family and grew more in love with Jesus.
In 1953 he met the love of his life, Patricia Jean Cook, in a prayer group at Deering High School. It was love at first sight! They were married on October 11, 1954. They raised five children; Ronald, Deborah, Roger, Cynthia, and Scott, each one have received Jesus Christ as their Saviour. The family tree still blossoms with twelve grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, and one great great grandson. Together they worked hard and provided well for their family. Pat and Ron enjoyed roller skating together & shared the same interests in ham radio. W1UMQ was the call sign which he had to talk to many people. They shared their love for God by bringing their family to church. travelling, camping, snowmobiling, ice skating, skiing, swimming and many fun times at beaches and lakes.
Dad had many talents ranging from woodworking/carpentry, artistry, piloting a plane to transport preachers, an audio technician recording church services, designing blueprints of his own inventions of solar collectors and of an underground home.
His occupations were an electronic technician for RCA, a radio operator for the Naval Reserve, school bus driver, Scarborough School Dept, coach driver, Maine Line, truck driver for Pond Cove Millwork. Our father's last and final occupation was a loving caretaker for our mother as her health before his eyes. She entered Heaven's gates on 09/03/2020 before their 66th Wedding Anniversary. He joined her this Thanksgiving. Loved by us all Dad & Mom are greatly missed till it's our turn to meet again.
You can join in celebrating Ron's life on Facebook livestream at 10:00am this Thursday 12/02/2021
Grace Bible Church of Gorham
You may also join us for a graveside service at 2:00pm at
Brooklawn Memorial Park, Portland
Online condolence messages can be submitted at the Chad E. Poitras Cremation and Funeral Service website, www.mainefuneral.com
Please bring your chairs and blanket to keep warm. Thank-you
Arrangements have been entrusted to Chad E. Poitras Cremation and Funeral Service, Buxton, www.mainefuneral.com