Geoffrey Luebbert

Birth date: Mar 30, 1946 Death date: Jun 9, 2020

Geoffrey Luebbert, 74, passed away on June 9, 2020, in Oakland, California. Arrangements have been entrusted to Chapel of the Chimes Oakland, 4499 Piedmont Ave, Oakland, California 94611. Service details and Obituary will be pos Read Obituary

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Wendy Axel

239w ago

in honor of Geoffrey.

I can't believe Geoff is gone.
I wish his family (real and adopted) good things and comfort.
Will someone call me and let me know how he passed? My number is 201-580-8851. Call anytime.
Geoff and I went back to the 70's. It was a Sunday and I needed to go somewhere but something serious wasn't working. (maybe brakes?) I found "Last Resort" in the classifieds of the local free paper. He told me he couldn't come over and fix it because he was babysitting his infant son... but he said if I had a phone cord that reached out to the garage, he could walk me through doing the repair myself on the phone. It took us about 2 hours, but in the end I could drive the car to wherever I was going as long as I promised to bring it to a mechanic the next day and not keep driving till my brakes failed again!!

So that's how we started, and he was the only mechanic I ever heard of who would come over with a tray of fully cooked piping hot lasagna when I was too sick with the flu to get out of bed to go shopping!!

The most intelligent, generous, sweet guy the world has ever known!!!

He loved to discuss the endless possibilities of what could be the problem with my various older cars by email after I moved back East. When I left CA I had to really think it through because I didn't want to leave Geoff!!!!!

And our love-lives! OMG! We compared notes endlessly on who had the worst disaster going on until recently when he became a happy man!!

He will be deeply missed, by me and by many, many others who loved him so very much!!!

Wendy Axel, 3/31/2021 5:56pm

A lighted pale blue candle with a small white flower and a few leaves at its base, set against a soft blue background.

Tizzy Kerr

256w ago

I met Geoff Luebbert in 1982 through guitarist Philip Rosheger when my Japanese import needed service. Philip assured me that Geoff was the quintessential honest auto mechanic. It turned out that he was as good a friend as he was a mechanic. Long after I abandoned the Bay Area for the East Coast, Geoff continued to advise me on how to keep my old vehicles running and which new vehicles were best suited for my needs. In later years we added computers to the list of mechanical things we discussed. He never once failed to give a comprehensive analysis and list of fixes or adjustments I might need to make.

Geoff and I shared a love of music, cats, for dressing up in period clothing, for a good party and for history. Discussions about politics often went down philosophical and historical paths, and he was never thrown by my tendency toward tangential thinking. He was organized and methodical but he never let that get in the way of a good conversation. He gave people the same thoughtfulness and care that he gave to cars and computers. I expect that somewhere Out There he is comparing notes with Tom Magliozzi of “Click and Clack, The Tappet Brothers.”

M.E. Lawrence

257w ago

What a sad shock. My husband and I were automotive customers, and then friends, and then computer customers of Geoff's for more than 30 years. Our daughter, now 31, is very mournful; she viewed Geoff as a combination guru and uncle. Two Geoff stories:

When Margaret was a baby, he would drive over, pick up our car for an oil change or whatever, then bring it back, just to make less work for us. A year or two later, when I had contracted the worst flu of my life, Geoff would take Margaret to the park, this time to allow me more of the sleep I needed. Geoff was among the most generous people I knew--when he wasn't being the dedicated automotive professional. At some point I had become infatuated with a cute little classic BMW (the 2002?) that was popular in Berkeley at the time. We were sitting in Saul's Deli when I nervously confessed this. I was right to be nervous: Geoff put down his fork, and stared at me in silence for a long time before he began delivering his sermon, and I immediately knew that I could and would never buy such a car. (The terrible fuel injection! Their unreliability! The time he had to drive to Arizona to rescue a customer who had also been infatuated with the 2002!). Some people you just don't diss, and a brilliant mechanic like Geoff is one of them.

Farewell, dear Geoff. John and Margaret and I will miss you very much. I like to imagine you wandering in the fresh air with Mr. Bob at your heels, sipping a good craft beer and listening to your favorite music.

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