William Henry Stuebe died at home in Savannah, Georgia, surrounded by family, on September 14. He was 74 and had been diagnosed with metastatic melanoma in June.
Mr. Stuebe was born in Manhasset on May 8, 1941, to Alma Mann Stuebe and William Joseph Stuebe. He graduated in 1963 from Lehigh University, where he was president of Delta Phi Fraternity. He spent more than 30 years in New York City working in commercial real estate investment management at several firms, including Chase Manhattan Bank, Banque Indosuez, and Richard Ellis International Limited. His passion, however, was for residential real estate and historic preservation. In 1997, he joined Allan Schneider Associates in Southampton as a residential real estate broker.
In 1998, he and his wife, Isabel, moved to Savannah, where he worked as a real estate broker for David Byck Realty and then for Celia Dunn Sotheby’s International Realty. He helped to initiate the redevelopment of Broughton Street, and he became actively involved in the Historic Savannah Foundation, working closely with the architectural review board to ensure that new projects honored the scale and spirit of historic Savannah. In 2009, he won the Historic Savannah Foundation Nichola Parker Coe Volunteer Award. He also served as president of the Downtown Neighborhood Association and chair of Urban Planning and Preservation. Survivors said he advocated tirelessly for the details that make Savannah beautiful, such as the tree lawns that punctuate the city’s sidewalks.
Mr. Stuebe is survived by his wife of 49 years, Isabel Combs Stuebe; his daughter, Alison Mann Stuebe and husband Geoffrey Freund Green of North Carolina; son, David Allen Stuebe and wife Shira Esther Hirshberg of Rhode Island; and four grandchildren, Noah Stuebe Green, Samuel Stuebe Green, Max Stuebe Green and Ayla Deanne Stuebe.
A funeral service was held at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Savannah on September 21. Burial was at Bonaventure Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of the Fox & Weeks Funeral Home in Savannah.
Memorial donations may be made to the William H. Stuebe Fund at Historic Savannah Foundation, 321 East York Street, Savannah, GA 31401.