Melvin Sanford Dubovick

Melvin S “Mel” Dubovick passed away peacefully on September 19, 2026. Mel was born November 12, 1944 in Fall River MA to Paul and Mollie Dubovick. He grew up with an older brother, Harold.

As a young man, Mel was very active in basketball and played in many leagues, including for the top rated Fall River YMCA as well as for his high school. He got his undergrad degree in business in 1967 from Bryant College in Rhode Island, where he spent the summers working for Texas Instruments on the moonshot. Shortly before he graduated, his son Michael was born.

Upon graduation in 1967, Mel went to work for IBM where he rose to manager of Product Marketing Intelligence including desktop, mobile, servers, and printers. Many of his early years at IBM were spent in upstate New York, where he graduated from SUNY Albany with an MBA in 1972 that he earned studying at night. While working and studying in New York, his daughter Wendy was born.

His career with IBM would take him to New York, South Florida, North Carolina, and Böblingen, Germany, finally retiring in the South Florida area near his children. He shared a love of music, especially Johnny Cash and George Thorogood, with his son Michael.

In his later years, he became a dedicated Christian and strongly championed animal and veterans causes. Despite disabilities of his own and ever the caretaker, Mel was a director for the National Spasmodic Dysphonia Association and helped to establish many support groups.

Mel is survived by his beloved children Wendy and Michael (and wife Ginger), and grandchildren Matthew and Aaliyah, who he adored.