(Reprinted from the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel.)
Dr. C. William “Bill” Trubey, 76, of Bluffton, a doctor of optometry, died Thursday, Sept. 6, 2001, at Bluffton Regional Medical Center.
The Sacramento, Calif., native participated in over 23 eye-care mission trips in the past 22 years delivering care to people in the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and other places and was director of Indiana Lions Eye Bank. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church where he had served as past elder and Mission Committee chairman, Lions Club and Gideons International. He was a recipient of the Sagamore of the Wabash in 1997 and Ambassador of Goodwill from Lions International in 2000 and was an avid magician. Surviving are his wife, Barbara; daughters Robin Thornburgh of Bluffton and Beth Trubey of Denver; sons Steven K. of Geneva and Gordon M. of Brooklyn, N.Y.; brothers David K. of Florida and C. Gaylord of Simi, Calif.; and two grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son, Charles W. Jr.