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Ruby Jean ANDERSON

Female 1920 - 2007  (86 years)


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  • Name Ruby Jean ANDERSON 
    Birth 1 Jul 1920  Clay County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Baptism 30 Jan 1921  Clay County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Our Savior’s Lutheran, Barnesville
    Minnesota Birth Certificate 1920-06238 
    Death 20 Jan 2007  Tillamook, Tillamook County, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • As R. J. Pfau.
    Notes 
    • Ruby Jean Pfau

      Mrs. Ruby Jean Pfau died in Wheeler Jan. 20, 2007, at age 87.

      Ruby was born July 1, 1920, in Barnesville, Minn., to William Anderson Sr. and Elvina (Hagen) Anderson.

      In 1939, she married Harold Brown. After their marriage ended, she married Thomas Pfau in Portland in 1951.

      She worked in the garment industry, and loved gardening, visiting family, playing cards at Granges around the area, and hosting visitors at her Foley Creek home. She was a member of Sons of Norway.

      Ruby was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Pfau, in 1979, and by one grandson, Curtis Brown, in 1980.

      She was survived, at the time of her passing, by a son, Dwight Brown of Tillamook; daughter-in-law, Dot Brown of Tillamook; grandchildren, Jimmy Brown and wife Adria, Jari Baker, and Debbie Cox and husband Adam, all of Phoenix, Ariz.; great-grandchildren Mikel Hardy of Tucson, Ariz., Parker Brown and Corbin Brown, both of Phoenix, Ariz.; and Elliot Cox and Rachel Cox, both of Portland.

      At Mrs. Pfau's request, no service will be held. Those who wish may make memorial contributions to the American Diabetes Association, care of Waud's Funeral Home.

      Headlight-Herald, Tillamook, OR Feb. 7, 2007
    Person ID I20477  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 30 Jan 2019 

    Father William ANDERSON,   b. 5 Jul 1899, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Nov 1970, Clay County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Elvina Annette HAGEN,   b. 22 Sep 1898, Otter Tail County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jun 1993, Rice County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 
    Marriage 4 Nov 1919  Otter Tail County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Divorce Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F14836  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Thomas PFAU   d. 1979 
    Marriage 1951  Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • no later than July of 1951
    Family ID F14838  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Jan 2019 

    Family 2 Harold BROWN 
    Marriage 1939 
    Children 
     1. Dwight Franklin BROWN,   b. 24 May 1944, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jan 2007, Tillamook, Tillamook County, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    Family ID F20252  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Jan 2019