Ruby Brue

RUBY BRUE

Coralville

Ruby Brue, 98, of Coralville, Iowa, and longtime resident of Audubon, Iowa, died May 2, 2021, at Lantern Park. Ruby Lois Elwell was born July 24, 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 four 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 was 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, and 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, Icelene 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.

Online condolences and memories of Ruby may be shared with her family at www.lensingfuneral.com.