RILEY, Ruby Claire (Bean) 1933-2014

RILEY, NORDMAN, BEAN

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 9/30/2014 at 12:08:10

NASHUA, IOWA — Ruby C. Riley, 81, of Nashua, died Sunday, September 28, 2014, at Cedar Health in Charles City.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, October 1, 2014, at Hugeback-Johnson Funeral Home-Olson Chapel in Nashua with Pastor Alfredo Agtarap presiding.

Interment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery in Nashua, with Erik Nelson, Chris Garden, Brady Garden, Jacie Garden, Kristen Garden and Wesley Dawson serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are Robert Mehmen and Denny Gogg.

Friends may greet the family from 4-6 p.m.

on Tuesday, Sept. 30, at Hugeback-Johnson Funeral Home-Olson Chapel in Nashua. Visitation continues an hour prior to the service at the funeral home on Wednesday. Online condolences for Ruby's family may be left at hugebackfuneralhome.com.

Ruby Claire Riley was born September 8, 1933, in Nashua, the daughter of Leonard and Amanda (Nordman) Bean. She received her education in Nashua and graduated from Nashua High School in 1951. Upon graduating, Ruby worked at Lutheran Mutual in Waverly for a couple of years. On June 15, 1952, at the United Methodist Church in Nashua, Ruby married her high school sweetheart, Harold Riley. To this union two children were born.

Ruby spent several years at home with her children before going back to work.

Ruby was employed at Iowa Public Service in Nashua and worked there for several years as a clerk. She worked as a bookkeeper for the Nashua Country Club, along with several other businesses in town.

Ruby enjoyed dancing, crossword puzzles and raising roses.

Ruby loved traveling, especially to Mexico. Ruby and Harold enjoyed going to Texas every winter.

Survivors include two sons, Denny (Rhonda) Riley of Waverly, Todd (Joyce Ann) Riley of Indian Land, S. C.; four grandchildren, three step-grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren; one sister, Mary Ann Dawson of Fredericksburg; one brother-in-law, Robert Mehman of Nashua; one nephew, Wesley (Barb) Dawson; two nieces, Susan (Lyle) Buhe and Lisa (Chris) Garden.

Ruby was preceded in death by her parents; husband Harold; sister Vicki Mehman and brother-in-law Henry Dawson.

Source: Charles City Press website, 30 SEP 2014