Arthur Joseph DuBeau passed away Saturday, April 14, in Muskogee, Oklahome, following an illness of about three weeks.
Mr. DuBeau, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph DuBeau (the former Matilda Deziel) was born Jan. 21, 1875, in Edina, Minn., and was 76 years of age at the time of his death.
On May 18, 1898, in Minneapolis he was married to Ila May Butler, who survives him.
Mr. DuBeau started his career in the Real Estate business in Minneapolis and then moved to Glenwood where he owned and operated the Minton Hotel. Later he purchased the Palmer House in Sauk Centre and during World War I, he managed that hotel. He was Mayor of Sauk Centre while residing there. Next he moved to Fargo where he and his wife owned and operated the Waldorf Hotel. Continuing in the hotel business, he came to Alexandria in 1923 having purchased Blakes at the Lakes between Lake Carlos and Lake Le Homme Dieu. He remained at this hotel and retired three years ago. At all these hotels, he was assisted by Mrs. DuBeau.
Mr. DuBeau was a member of the Congregational church, a thirty-second degree mason, a Shriner, an Elk, a charter member of the Kiwanis Club and Alexandria Golf Club and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star.
Besides his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. S. D. Skaggs (Dona) of Tulsa, Okla., and Mrs. Geo. C. Lynde (Audrey) of Muskogee, Okla., two sisters, Emma Ouelette of Los Angeles, and Mary Morrison of Flagstaff, Ariz., and two brothers, A. E. DuBeau of North Hollywood, Calif., and George DuBeau of Minneapolis. Two sons, Rolland and Donald, preceded him in death.
(Park Region Echo, 24 April 1951)
Arthur Joseph DuBeau passed away Saturday, April 14, in Muskogee, Oklahome, following an illness of about three weeks.
Mr. DuBeau, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph DuBeau (the former Matilda Deziel) was born Jan. 21, 1875, in Edina, Minn., and was 76 years of age at the time of his death.
On May 18, 1898, in Minneapolis he was married to Ila May Butler, who survives him.
Mr. DuBeau started his career in the Real Estate business in Minneapolis and then moved to Glenwood where he owned and operated the Minton Hotel. Later he purchased the Palmer House in Sauk Centre and during World War I, he managed that hotel. He was Mayor of Sauk Centre while residing there. Next he moved to Fargo where he and his wife owned and operated the Waldorf Hotel. Continuing in the hotel business, he came to Alexandria in 1923 having purchased Blakes at the Lakes between Lake Carlos and Lake Le Homme Dieu. He remained at this hotel and retired three years ago. At all these hotels, he was assisted by Mrs. DuBeau.
Mr. DuBeau was a member of the Congregational church, a thirty-second degree mason, a Shriner, an Elk, a charter member of the Kiwanis Club and Alexandria Golf Club and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star.
Besides his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. S. D. Skaggs (Dona) of Tulsa, Okla., and Mrs. Geo. C. Lynde (Audrey) of Muskogee, Okla., two sisters, Emma Ouelette of Los Angeles, and Mary Morrison of Flagstaff, Ariz., and two brothers, A. E. DuBeau of North Hollywood, Calif., and George DuBeau of Minneapolis. Two sons, Rolland and Donald, preceded him in death.
(Park Region Echo, 24 April 1951)
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