RUBY, Mrs. Frank (Jessie): Born 1883

RUBY, CHEZUM, DOYLE, STOOPS, BRADFIELD, SMITH

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Date: 4/9/2015 at 08:13:19

Mrs. Frank Ruby, Stockport, Dies; Rites Wednesday

STOCKPORT - Mrs. Frank H. Ruby, 83, long-time resident of the Stockport area, died early today at Van Buren Memorial Hospital IN Keosauqua. She had been seriously ill for the past week.

Services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Big Cedar Christian Church in charge of the Rev. Chester Werft. Burial will be in Spencer Cemetery.

Mrs. Ruby was the former Jessie Chezum. She was born June 6, 1883 at Glasgow, the daughter of Harve and Emiline Smith Chezum. She was married to Frank H. Ruby Aug. 31, 1898. He preceded her in death Dec. 10, 1960.

Mrs. Ruby was a member of Big Cedar Christian Church. The Ruby family home is three and a half miles northeast of Stockport.

Surviving are nine children: Paul Ruby, Ottumwa; Mrs. Myrtle Doyle, Fairfield; Joe Ruby, Mount Pleasant; Harold Ruby, Billings, Mont.; John Ruby, Memphis, Mo.; Mrs. Esther Stoops, Fairfield; Dale Ruby, Fairfield; Mrs. Wilda Bradfield, Stockport; and Mrs. Margaret Smith, Burlington.

Also surviving are 26 grandchildren, 32 great grandchildren, three great great grandchildren and one brother, Glen Chezum, Fairfield. Three brothers are deceased.

Source: Van Buren Co. Genealogical Society Obituary Book E, Page 14, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA