William John Luby, well known as a prominent and successful monument builder of Meriden, was born December 28, 1879, in the city where he still resides, his parents being Maurice and Ellen (Ryan) Luby. The father was for more than twenty years prominently connected with the monument business and won high and well merited reputation as a designer of monuments.

  After attending the public and high schools of Meriden, William J. Luby became a student in the Pequot Business College of Meriden, from which he was graduated with the class of 1897. He became the active assistant of his father in the stone and monument works and thoroughly acquainted himself with every phase of the business, doing everything to be done in connection therewith, including the cutting and setting up of monuments. Following his father’s demise he purchased the business from the estate and has since conducted his interests with growing success. His talent for designing beautiful monuments has spread his fame abroad and many specimens of art modeled at his works have been shipped to various sections of the country. While his business is largely confined to Connecticut, he has received orders from North Carolina and Florida and all near-by states. He carries the largest stock of monuments and stones in Connecticut. He was the designer and builder of the Clara Barton monument, the Governor Chamberlain monument at Meriden and the Atwater Memorial monument at Terryville. He also built the steps of St. Rose’s Roman Catholic church,  the walls of the Curtis home at Meriden and the steps for St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic church.

  On the 13th of October, 1909, Mr. Luby was united in marriage to Miss Nellie T. O’Donnell and they have become parents of three children, William, Robert and James. Mr. and Mrs. Luby hold membership in St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic church and he is identified also with the Knights of Columbus and with the United Workmen, of which he has been a member for ten years. He also belongs to the Young Men’s T. A. B. Society, to the Elks lodge and the Ancient Order of Hibernians. He was one of the original members of the chamber of commerce and was a director of the old organization, while at the present time he is serving as vice president of the chamber of commerce. He served on the board of public works during the administration of Mayor Reilly and he is a public-spirited citizen who cooperates in all well defined plans and movements for the general good. He was captain of the winning team in the Red Cross work and he is actuated at all times by a spirit of the utmost devotion to city, commonwealth and country. As a business man he is alert and energetic, ready for any emergency, and the same qualities have characterized his efforts in behalf of the general welfare.