RUBY WAS BORN IN GRAND CROSSING IN WEST JACKSONVILLE IN JANUARY 1926, WHERE HER PARENTS WILLIAM HENRY (JR) AND NETTIE MOBLEY RAN A GENERAL STORE. SHE GRADUATED ANDREW JACKSON HIGH SCHOOL THEN WORKED FOR CSX TRANSPORTATION COMPANY RETIRING IN 1985. SHE WAS ACTIVE THROUGHOUT HER LIFE IN HER CHURCH, KHEM TEMPLE #85 DAUGHTERS OF THE NILE AND ORDER OF EASTERN STAR.
RUBY LOVED TO PLAY THE PIANO AND LOVED THE COMPANY OF MANY SPECIAL CATS IN HER LIFE. RUBY WAS INFATIC ABOUT WANTING TO MAKE SURE HER FRIENDS KNEW HOW MUCH SHE REALLY DID LOVE THEM AND APPRECIATED THEIR FRIENDSHIP.
RUBY WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND EDWARD J. “SONNY” RUDOWICK SR. AND HER SON EDWARD J. RUDOWICK JR.
SPECIAL THANKS TO DR. JOSEPH MILLAN AND HIS STAFF, KRISTIN LAPINSKI OF COMMUNITY HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE AND STAFF, STACY MYERS, COLLEEN HEGYI, KATHY HALLERAN AND JOHN TIERSCH WHO PROVIDED RUBY WITH PATIENT, LOVING COMPASSIONATE CARE.
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