Ruby Bastress
Ruby Bastress has a new address. On Oct. 16, 2021, three days before her 100th birthday, she moved to heaven. It was always her dream to relocate to her permanent residence to join her Lord and Savior. She will join her husband Paul, relatives and many friends.
Paul and Ruby met in Washington, D.C., just before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Ruby had recently moved to Washington to work at the Department of Navy. They married, after the war ended, on Oct. 26, 1945. They were married for 48 years until Paul’s death from Lou Gehrig’s disease on Dec. 24, 1993.
They raised their two girls in Falls Church, Va., and were actively involved at National Gardens Baptist Church. In 1971, they built a home in Gainesville, Va., with close friends as neighbors. They were members of Haymarket Baptist Church for over 20 years. In 1991 they left church family and friends and moved to a retirement community in Ocala. They joined College Road Baptist Church.
After Paul’s passing, Ruby relocated to Sun City Center, and joined First Baptist Church of Ruskin, where she was an active member of Sunday School and Sonshiners and served on the visitation committee. Her two daughters blessed her with four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Ruby is survived by her oldest daughter, Sharon Vasquez, and husband Ernest; grandson, Jason Goree; great-grandson Logan, fiancée Carrie and her two children, Blake and Brooke. She will be remembered as a wonderful, caring and loving mom, grandmother and Gigi.
Ruby is also survived by her younger daughter, Joanne Hendricks, and her husband Gary; grandson Brian and wife Teresa and great-granddaughters, Megan and Kaitlyn; grandson Michael and wife Molly and great-granddaughter Izzy; granddaughter Kristen and husband Dave and great-grandchildren Reese and Keaton. She will be remembered for her loving nature, dedication to her Lord, commitment to her church and family, and a beloved mom, grandma and Gigi.
A Celebration of Life was held at the Sun City Center Funeral Home, 1851 Rickenbacker Drive, Sun City Center, FL 33572, on Friday, Oct. 22, 2021.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to First Baptist Church of Ruskin, 820 College Avenue W, Ruskin, FL 33570, www.fbcruskin.org/; ServeTrust, (a charity Ruby supported that ministers to the marginalized in Andhra Pradesh, India) 24162 Rochester Lane, Aldie, VA 20105, www.servetrust.org; or Seasons Hospice Foundation, 6400 Shafer Court, Suite 700, Rosemont, IL 60018.
Paul and Ruby met in Washington, D.C., just before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Ruby had recently moved to Washington to work at the Department of Navy. They married, after the war ended, on Oct. 26, 1945. They were married for 48 years until Paul’s death from Lou Gehrig’s disease on Dec. 24, 1993.
They raised their two girls in Falls Church, Va., and were actively involved at National Gardens Baptist Church. In 1971, they built a home in Gainesville, Va., with close friends as neighbors. They were members of Haymarket Baptist Church for over 20 years. In 1991 they left church family and friends and moved to a retirement community in Ocala. They joined College Road Baptist Church.
After Paul’s passing, Ruby relocated to Sun City Center, and joined First Baptist Church of Ruskin, where she was an active member of Sunday School and Sonshiners and served on the visitation committee. Her two daughters blessed her with four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Ruby is survived by her oldest daughter, Sharon Vasquez, and husband Ernest; grandson, Jason Goree; great-grandson Logan, fiancée Carrie and her two children, Blake and Brooke. She will be remembered as a wonderful, caring and loving mom, grandmother and Gigi.
Ruby is also survived by her younger daughter, Joanne Hendricks, and her husband Gary; grandson Brian and wife Teresa and great-granddaughters, Megan and Kaitlyn; grandson Michael and wife Molly and great-granddaughter Izzy; granddaughter Kristen and husband Dave and great-grandchildren Reese and Keaton. She will be remembered for her loving nature, dedication to her Lord, commitment to her church and family, and a beloved mom, grandma and Gigi.
A Celebration of Life was held at the Sun City Center Funeral Home, 1851 Rickenbacker Drive, Sun City Center, FL 33572, on Friday, Oct. 22, 2021.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to First Baptist Church of Ruskin, 820 College Avenue W, Ruskin, FL 33570, www.fbcruskin.org/; ServeTrust, (a charity Ruby supported that ministers to the marginalized in Andhra Pradesh, India) 24162 Rochester Lane, Aldie, VA 20105, www.servetrust.org; or Seasons Hospice Foundation, 6400 Shafer Court, Suite 700, Rosemont, IL 60018.