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Barbara and Dub Ragels
Barbara and Delbert “Dub” Ragels have been chosen as the 2017 Grand Marshals for the Oracle Oaks Festival.
The Ragels have lived in the Tri-Community for more than 60 years.
Barbara came to San Manuel from Tucson in 1955. Her dad worked for the San Manuel Railroad. She is a member of the San Manuel High School Class of 1960.
Dub came to San Manuel from South Dakota in 1957 and went to work at Magma Copper as a pipefitter.
The couple met in 1958 and married that same year. And they have been happily married ever since (59 years and counting)!
Dub continued working at the mine until a strike shut down the mine in the 1970s. Needing to work, Dub got a job as a plumber. He then quit Magma and started his own plumbing business, Dub’s Plumbing in Oracle. He had the building where Dub’s Plumbing & Supply is located in Oracle built in 1999.
Congratulations to the Ragels, long time Oracle residents and friends of the community.
John Hernandez lives in Oracle. He is retired and enjoys writing and traveling. He is active in the Oracle Historical Society. He covers numerous public events, researches historical features and writes business/artist profiles.
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