Dwight Thomas Swobe

September 19, 1943 - September 30, 2016

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Sunset View Cemetery Association

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Sunset View Mortuary

Saturday 11/26, 1:00 pm

Dwight Thomas Swobe, 73, of Berkeley, California, passed away peacefully in his sleep on September 30, 2016 after a long battle with cancer. Dwight was born in Berkeley, California on September 19, 1943 to Thomas Wallace Swobe and Ardath Busby Swobe. He graduated from Oakland Technical High School and earned a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley. Known for his strong work ethic and gregarious personality, Dwight became a highly successful senior representative of Grubb & Ellis, commercial real estate division. He specialized in industrial real estate and received many awards for his outstanding performance. In 1970, he moved his young family to Lafayette, California, where he spent much of his adult life devoted to providing a good life for his children. Dwight loved to sing and play the trumpet. He was quite proud of the jazz band he created, the East Bay Bear Cats, which played together for many years. He was a loyal fan of the Cal Bears. Dwight also loved golf and loved to sail. He once sailed down the coast of California with his sons. Dwight Swobe was a successful, talented, brave, kind, and loving man.

He is survived by Gloria Gee, his loving companion of 21 years, and by his four sons and five grandchildren: Gordon Swobe; Scott Swobe and his wife Keri and their children Tyler, Breanna, and Caydon; Jason Swobe and his devoted girlfriend Timie; Mitchell Swobe and his wife Darby and their children Dylan and Colin; by his sister Connie Got and her husband Randy and their children; and by the son of his late sister Ardie Lynn Swobe.

Memorial will be held at Sunset View Cemetery in El Cerrito, California on Saturday, November 26th, 2016 at 1:00 PM.

Sunset View Cemetery Association

(510) 525-5111 |

Thursday 1/1

Sunset View Mortuary

Saturday 11/26, 1:00 pm

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Dwight was a faithful member of St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church, where I met him, for many years. We shared lots of music together singing at church and I enjoyed the times when the East Bay Bear Cats to the church to play for us. I will miss him. May he rest in peace and play in glory...

Dwight had such a gift of seeing the beautiful and the awesome in the world around him, and the generosity to share it. We have lost a splendid voice among us!

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