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Obituary: Jubon, Don Francis

Age 65

JUBON, Don Francis Don Francis Jubon was born at Swedish Hospital in Seattle, Washington, on July 31, 1948, to Frank and Ann Jubon (Dzuban).

As a child, Don enjoyed playing with neighborhood children around his father’s wrecking yard in Oldtown, Idaho.

While his mother, Ann, was working at the PUD, Don attended elementary school at Idaho Hill until his father suddenly died in 1960, at which time they moved to Newport, Washington.

When his mother remarried in 1962, Don gained a stepfather, Warren E. Chaney, who accepted and supported Don until his own death in 1996.

Don graduated from Newport High School as part of the class of ‘66, where he participated in track as “a gutsy miler.”

He also attended the Community Colleges of Spokane and EWU, receiving a BA with a major in Geography and a minor in History from the University in 1996.

As a teenager and young man, Don loved working on cars, helping many of his friends repair theirs or fix them up.

Don had two cars he was proud of: A ‘55 Chevy Belair and a ‘62 Chevy 409 Impala.

He also was fond of fishing and hunting, not from what was caught or killed, but from the company of the friends he went with.

He made trips to Dvorzak Dam reservoir and the Blues, and had a small school bus outfitted for camping which he refused to part with in later years.

Don preferred wearing black hats, and some of them (such as the one endorsing Fred Anderson for mayor) were worn until they almost disintegrated.

He was also a belt-and-suspenders man.

Don enjoyed eating, especially what others cooked.

He liked Budweiser, Sprite, Vanilla Wafers, and Triscuits, and he absolutely loved coffee.

Don was also proud of his Army veteran’s status, having served in the Pentagon during the Vietnam era by maintaining the diesel generators that provided back-up power.

Later in life, Don was a member of the Improved Order of Redmen and the NRA.

Don will definitely be remembered by the Newport and Priest River communities for his friendly smile and wave.

Don died of complications from renal failure and myeloma on July 9, 2014, in the company of his family, and is survived by his mother, Ann Chaney Fields at the Newport Hospital Long-Term-Care facility; his uncles, Arthur Tallman and Jim Cooper; his aunts, Laurie Tallman and Mary Kristoff; a sister, Electra Jubon, and her husband, Ken Fisher; a nephew, Kris Donahoo; and numerous cousins, step-cousins, and their families.

His mother said, “Don was different…and that’s okay.”

The funeral will be at 11:00 AM on Thursday, July 31, at the Sherman Knapp Funeral Home in Newport.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to the Alzheimer’s Association.

“If a man loses pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.

Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured, or far away. “

- Henry David Thoreau Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Newport is in charge of arrangements.

Family and friends are invited to sign the online guest book at sherman-knapp.com