Ruby Marie Mitchell
Ruby Marie Mitchell, 85, died Jan. 21, 2011. She was born April 19, 1925, in Wilson, Kan., to Ruben and Lydia Nuss.
She married George E. Mitchell in 1944, they celebrated 67 years of marriage and had four sons.
She was a homemaker until their boys were grown and then worked at Fuller Brush in Great Bend, Kan., for 13 years. She retired in 1987.
After her husband retired years later, they traveled full time in their travel trailer for eight years across most of the United States in 1995. After 2½ months in Alaska, they decided to put down roots again, so they moved to Horseshoe Bay because they liked the Hill Country.
In addition to her husband, survivors include sons Ron Mitchell and wife Connie of Copperas Cove, Lee Mitchell and wife Vicky of Harker Heights, Dale Mitchell and wife Yvonne of Omaha, Neb., and Larry Mitchell and wife Jeri of Pratt, Kan.; sister Doris Janssen of Lyons, Kan.; nine grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother.
A service was Jan. 24 at Clements-Wilcox Funeral Home Chapel, 1805 U.S. 281 in Marble Falls, (830) 693-4373. Interment followed at Lakeland Hills Memorial Park in Burnet.
Memorials may be made to St. Peter’s Lutheran Church building fund. Condolences may be offered at www.clementswilcoxfuneralhome.com.