Herbert Lubitz

Herbert Lubitz, age 91, of Providence, passed away Wednesday, December 13, 2023 at Tockwotton on the Waterfront, East Providence. He was the husband of Joan (Biloon) Lubitz, with whom he shared 69 years of marriage.

Born in New York City, a son of the late Benjamin and Pearl (Mohel) Lubitz, he spent his youth in NYC and lived in Wilmington, Delaware for many years before moving to Rhode Island nine years ago.

A graduate of the Bronx High School of Science, Class of 1950, Herbert earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from The Cooper Union in New York City and served in the United States Army as an instructor in helicopter instrument maintenance during the Korean Conflict. Herb joined DuPont in 1955 where he started in the cellophane plant and retired from the company in 1985 as a program manager of a line of chemicals used to print high-tech circuit boards.

Herb was an active board member of Temple Beth Emeth and the Jewish Federation in Wilmington. He tutored for many years in the Literacy Volunteers program and was an instructor in economics and the philosophy of science at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Delaware. An interest in metaphysics led to his enduring membership in the Theosophical Society of America.

In addition to his wife Joan, he is survived by: his son Jeffrey Chase-Lubitz and his wife April of Providence; daughter-in-law, Shirley Lubitz of Charlotte, North Carolina; five grandchildren, Andrea Robinette and her husband John-Michael, Carly Lubitz, Jacob Chase-Lubitz, Lily Chase Fielding and her husband Joseph and Jesse Chase-Lubitz and one great-granddaughter, Evelyn June Chase-Fielding. He was the father of the late Barry D. Lubitz and brother of the late Sylvia and Raymond Lubitz.

Relatives and friends are invited to his Funeral Service, Thursday, December 21, 2023 at 10:30 AM in Sugarman-Sinai Memorial Chapel, 458 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island. Burial will be private.

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Memorial contributions in his honor may be made to The Nature Conservancy at: https://preserve.nature.org/page/81523/donate