Victor E. Plubell, 93, of Frenchville died Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014 at Penn Highlands DuBois. He was born Oct. 16, 1921, a son of the late Edmund and Emma (Hugney) Plubell.
Mr. Plubell and his brother, Willard, founded Quehanna Hardwoods Inc. in 1949, providing needed employment opportunities to numerous Clearfield County residents for more than 50 years. Over that period, the business remained committed to the growth and development of the region and its citizens.
He was a member of the St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Frenchville. He was a life member of the Leigey Renaud Post No. 8386 Veterans of Foreign Wars, Frenchville. A veteran of World War II, he proudly served with the U.S. Navy, assuring fresh water deliveries to the allied forces in the Pacific Theater.
He’s survived by his wife, Arlene J. (Rauch) Plubell, whom he wed June 20, 1953 in Frenchville; three children, Donna Swatsworth and her husband, Mark of Indiana, Ronald Plubell and his wife Mary, of Frenchville and Joseph Plubell and his wife, Maria of Kansas; five grandchildren, Melissa, Christina and Jessica Plubell and Jason and Matthew Swatsworth; a great grandson, Caleb Wirth; and a sister, Josephine Folmar of Hyde.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by an infant son, Jeffrey P. Plubell and three brothers, Wilfred ‘Windy,’ Eugene and Willard Plubell.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be said at 11 a.m. Saturday at the St.’s Mary Catholic Church, Frenchville, with Father Philip Billotte as celebrant.
Burial will follow in the St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Frenchville. Military honors will be accorded by the Frenchville Leigey Renaud Post No. 8386 Honor Guard.
Friends will be received from 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. and from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Friday at the Kevin A. Beardsley Funeral Home, Clearfield. A Christian Vigil service will be held at 5:45 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
The family suggests that memorial contributions be made to the St. Mary’s Catholic Church, P.O. Box 159, Frenchville or to the American Cancer Society, 26 S. Second St., Clearfield.
To sign the online guestbook, go to www.beardsleyfuneralhome.com.
