Arthur L. DuBois

Arthur Lambert DuBois, age 93, beloved husband of 70 years of Fairfield Frank DuBois, died on January 6, 2026 in Naples, FL from cancer. Fairfield and his four children were at his side in his final weeks. Art was a devoted father to William (former spouse Carol DuBois), Anne (Dean Yap), Bob (Pamela), and John (Jeanette) and grandfather to thirteen: twins Curtiss and Kyle, Sarah †, Shawn, Grace, Allison, Cara, Eli, twins Arthur and Lincoln DuBois and triplets Maurine, Margaret, and Nicholas Yap. He was great-grandfather to Owen DuBois. He is also survived by his brother Franklin Smith DuBois, Jr. of Simsbury, CT.

Art was born in Tuscaloosa, AL on November 1, 1932 to Maurine Tompkins DuBois and Franklin Smith DuBois. He was preceded in death by his parents and twin brother William Winship DuBois. Art was raised in New Canaan, CT. He attended Deerfield Academy, then went to Colgate University. At Colgate he participated in many activities, lettering in lacrosse, playing tennis, editing the college yearbook and he belonged to the DKE fraternity. For the remainder of Art's life he was active at Colgate including serving on its Alumni Board and receiving its highest honor for service and commitment to his alma mater.

Upon graduating in 1955, he married Fairfield in Bronxville, NY and Art began a three-year stint as an officer in the U.S. Air Force where he first learned aerial mapping techniques. After resigning his commission, he attended the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. Graduating with an MBA, and drawing on his experience as an Air Force cartographer, he began a successful thirty-three year career at Rand McNally in Chicago. He ended his career as Vice President of the publishing division. After retiring, he taught for five years as an Adjunct Professor at the Lake Forest (IL) Graduate School of Management. He also served on several corporate boards.

His professional life was not, for Art, an end in itself, but primarily the means allowing him to pursue a good and rich life, centered on community, friends, and family. A resident of Winnetka, IL for over 50 years, he coached youth hockey for a decade, served on the Village Planning Commission and was elected to two terms on the Village Council. He served as the President of Winnetka's Indian Hill Country Club.

Art and Fairfield moved to Naples in the early '90s and have been residents of the Moorings Park community since 2010. Art volunteered at the Naples Botanical Garden and at the Conservancy of Southwestern Florida. He was President of the Billows Condominium Association and the Hole in the Wall Golf Club.

Art was a man of many passions, for whom the ancient injunction mens sana in corpore sano ("a healthy mind in a healthy body") was ever a guide. Athletic, he continued his passion for sports such as tennis. He took up golf and enjoyed swimming in his later years. He especially enjoyed racing his grandchildren down the pool. When he was asked recently if he ever shot a hole in one, he replied, "Yes, but it took a couple of swings." He was an active fisherman and enjoyed woodworking. In retirement, he honed his cabinetry skills, making a wide range of furniture for his grateful children and grandchildren.

Art was a life-long learner for whom one of Moorings Park's most attractive features was its many in-depth lectures on almost any topic. He and Fairfield loved music (provided it was composed before 1900) and were patrons of Artis Naples and the Chicago Symphony. He read widely, with a particular interest in biography. He was quick to share favorites with family and friends and welcomed a good recommendation. Travel was catnip to him. He and Fairfield met on a college biking trip to Europe in 1952. When their nest was empty in the '80s, they became global wanderers, visiting every continent save Antarctica and travelling by plane, ship, train, car, bike, balloon, camel, and canal boat. His family enjoyed his enthusiasm for the French language despite his somewhat limited vocabulary. A favorite zinger was, "Vous êtes fou!"

Art's happiest hours were spent at the family's wilderness island in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, where he spent vacations with friends and family every year from 1959 to 2019. He loved The Island, certainly for its own beauty, but more because there the world shrank to what were for him the first things in life: family and friends. He made sure to have projects and opportunities for play always at hand, so that all comers would learn the joys of working and playing together. This sentiment was reinforced by

a plaque on the log cabin wall quoting John Burroughs, "I come here often to find myself. It is so easy to get lost in the world." Art's enthusiasm for life was expressed in many ways. Even the crummiest grilled cheese sandwich would provoke "the best thing I ever ate;" he cheered long and loudly for any grandchild in any sporting event; and all reviews of get togethers, concerts, or parties were "SENSATIONAL!" His devotion to family and friends as well as his intelligence, humor and integrity will be missed by all who knew him.

A memorial service will be held at the Moorings Park Bower Chapel, 142 Moorings Park Drive, Naples, FL on Saturday, February 28 at 11:00 a.m. Reception to follow at the Moorings Park Orchid Terrace Courtyard Patio. We invite you to come and share a favorite memory of Art in our guest books.

A private family service will be held on The Island this summer.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the two charities that support Art and Fairfield's grandchildren:

Jubilee Association of Maryland (Jubilee supports Maurine Yap)

Misericordia (Misericordia supports Shawn DuBois)