Ruby Brue
BRUE, ELWELL, MEYERS, OFF, WATTS, TITTLE, KLEMPERER, YING, KLEINECK, OFEK, WALTER, ELSBERRY, HAUSER
Posted By: Sarah Fletcher (email)
Date: 5/17/2021 at 21:42:09
Ruby Brue, 98, of Coralville, IA, and long-time resident of Audubon, Iowa died May 2, 2021 at Lantern Park. Ruby Lois Elwell was born 24 July 1922 in Crawford County, Iowa. Her parents were Ralph Elwell and Hedwig "Hattie" Meyers Elwell.
On May 17, 1941, Ruby married Leslie Brue and for more than 75 years they were constant companions. Their marriage was blessed with 4 children: Carolyn (Robert Off), Nordahl (Suzanne Watts), Richard (Suzanne Tittle), and Catheryn. They delighted in their grandchildren: Alexia (Ethan Klemperer), Erik (Luo Ying), Robyn (Jeff Kleineck), Rachel, and Marget (Yiftach Ofek); and great-grandchildren: Andrew, Nora, Benjamin, Owen, Thea, and Alex.
Ruby graduated from Manilla High School with a Normal Training Degree and taught in a one-room country school prior to marriage. She resumed her teaching career and education after their children were in school and earned her B.A. from Drake University in 1966. Ruby taught in Audubon for 29 years and is still routinely pleased to meet her former students.
With Ruby and Les "There seldom was heard a discouraging word". They worked hard providing for their children and contributing to their community. They enjoyed dancing {at big band gatherings in the 1940s prior to kids: at community gatherings of the 1950s with kids in tow: to Lawrence Welk reruns in their own living room after the kids left). They took great pleasure fishing, traveling in their RV, and gardening during retirement.
Her parents and her siblings, brothers Charles and Ralph Jr. and sisters lcelene Walter, Ruth Elsberry, and Rose Marie predeceased Ruby. She is survived by sister Doris Hauser.
A memorial service will be held in Audubon, Iowa at a later date. Interment will be in Danway Cemetery, Shelby County near her birth community and the final resting place of her husband, her parents-in-law, and many other family members.
Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service
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