Obituary of Gary M. DuBrey

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace, where there is hatred, let me sow love, where there is injury, pardon, where there is doubt, faith and where there is despair, HOPE. Gary M. DuBrey was an honorable man with a huge heart. Gary was a leader. He towed the hard line and stood firm in his convictions. As Frank Sinatra said, "I did it my way." And now, the end is near, and so Gary faced the final curtain. He passed away in Winslow Twp. suddenly, on Friday August 26, 2011 at the age of 49. "I'm gonna' live until I die, I'm gonna' laugh instead of cry. I'm gonna' take the town and turn it upside down." Gary touched the lives of everyone who he met. He had a drive and an incomparable appeal that began in Philadelphia, 1962. Gary was raised in the Mt. Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia and graduated 13th in his class from Bishop McDevitt High School in Wyncote. He was blessed to be part of a large extended family, surrounded by aunts, uncles and cousins. He was a lifelong, avid Philadelphia Sports fan, dedicated to the Eagles and Phillies, and had played football and baseball in his youth. Gary spent a few years in Texas and had been living in Sicklerville, NJ for the past eight years. He was an amateur mechanic who loved to make things go fast. Gary loved Mustangs and liked to work on and race cars, and enjoyed going to the Millville Race Track with his motor head friends. Professionally Gary dedicated his life to human services and animal rescue. He worked as a Community Service Representative Supervisor for the Center City District in downtown Philadelphia, where he developed policy and procedures and trained staff in programs that assisted the homeless. Following that he worked at the Animal Adoption Center in Lindenwold and most recently as the Director of Operations for the Camden County Animal Shelter in Blackwood, NJ. You can shed a tear that Gary's gone and smile because he's lived. May the work he's done speak for him. Gary is survived by his mother Juliaetta Levin and his companion Denise Paul both of Sicklerville, and his brother and sister-in-law Marc and Crystal DuBrey and niece Kai of Cherry Hill, and his aunt Jeannette Stocker. He is the son of the late Edward DuBrey and stepson of the late Ronald Levin. Gary is also survived by his beloved dog Blue and cat D.B. at home as well as his many friends and colleagues, most specially his brothers by other mothers Kenny Brown and Keith Davidson and his life-long friend Sharon McIntosh. Relatives and friends are invited to remember and celebrate Gary's gift of life at a memorial ceremony on Friday September 9th 3:00pm at Winslow Family Restaurant, 491 Williamstown Rd., Sicklerville, NJ. Inurnment will be held privately.