Individual Details

Death

Lewistown Sentinel, Monday, October 31, 2005 page A6 column 5
GRANVILLE - John A. Dubendorf, 78, of Malta Home, Granville, died at 1:40 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 30, 2005, at Lewistown Hospital.
Born in Dalmatia, he was a son of the late Claude A. and Eulalie (Jouan) Dubendorf. His wife, the former Nancy Bell, preceded him in death on April 5, 1988.
Surviving are his children, Tammy Bulick, Lewistown, Theresa Dubendorf, Lewistown, John D. Dubendorf, Lewistown; sister Mrs William (Claudette) Satzler, Lewistown; brother Albert Dubendorf, Utah; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Peter Claude Dubendorf.
Early in life he worked at Standard Steel and later owned and operated the Log Cabin Inn from 1967 to 1997. His two daughters and son still own the family business.
He served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army in World War II.
He was a 1945 graduate of Lewistown High School and was a member of the Brooklyn Fire Co.
He was an avid motorcycle rider going for a million miles. He was a popular race car driver at Reedsville and a Port Royal Champion track driver in 1964. He also raced at the Snowshoe, Williamsgrove and Selinsgrove tracks. In 1954 he, his brother Albert and a brother-in-law, found 3,700 pennies from the 1909 Great Train Robbery east of Hawstone.
A graveside service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Maitland Brethren Cemetery with the Rev. Charles Eldredge officiating.
A graveside military service will be performed by the VFW Post 7011.
Barr Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Note: Claudette (Dubendorf) Satzler made spelling and other corrections October 31, 2005.