DELMAR - Alton "Dutch" Ralph Brubaker, Jr., also known as "Sonny" by his immediate family, died Jan. 19, 2017, at Aurora Senior Living of Manokin in Princess Anne. Born in Denton, he was a son of the late Alton Ralph Brubaker Sr. and Mary Schreiber Brubaker. A lifelong truck driver for many local companies, including Victor Lynn, Hess, Crown Cork and Seal, Tri-County Gas and Mountaire Farms, he was an avid competitive skeet and trap shooter and past president of the Salisbury Gun Club. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by sisters, Eleanor Richards and Kathleen Porter; and a son, William Dale Brubaker. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Ruby Satchell Brubaker; children, Gwen Brubaker Shedaker, of Laurel, David Downing, of Laurel, Donna Thomas, of Princess Anne and Debbie Culver, of Felton, Del.; 12 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and a niece and nephew. Friends called at his son, David's home in Laurel on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017. Arrangements are in the care of Short Funeral Home in Delmar.