1929
Mrs.
2013
Mrs. Ruby Mae Kobeck
July 15, 1929 — January 23, 2013
KENNEDALE -- Ruby Mae Kobeck went to be with the Lord and her husband on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 after a brief illness due to complications associated with Alzheimer's Disease.
Funeral : 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 29, 2013 in Emerald Hills Memorial Chapel, 500 Sublett Road, Kennedale. Interment: Emerald Hills Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, January 28, at the funeral home.
Memorials: The Salvation Army or The Alzheimer's Foundation of America.
Ruby was born July 15, 1929, in Iona, South Dakota. She spent the early part of her childhood in Minnesota before moving with her family to Mountain Grove, Missouri. In the 1940s, her family moved to Fort Worth, Texas, finally settling in Kennedale following the infamous "Flood of 1949". Ruby worked at various jobs after arriving in Fort Worth, including Williams and Dickies clothing company and Shaw's Nursing Home, where she served as a Licensed Vocational Nurse until around 1952.
She married Thomas John Kobeck, Jr., on November 6, 1952 and they enjoyed a loving 41-year marriage together until his death in December, 1993. Following her husband's death, Ruby gave her life to the Lord and was saved and baptized.
Ruby enjoyed nature, birds, wildflowers, and all the creatures of the earth. It was not unusual for her to nurse an orphaned puppy or kitten to maturity or a sick or wounded animal back to health and she was highly successful in doing so.
She also enjoyed watching performances by Elvis impersonator Carlton Hurdle at the Kennedale Burger Box.
Further, Ruby had a generous spirit and was always willing to help those in need, either through her numerous contributions to The Salvation Army or her assistance to anyone in need who found their way to her door.
She was a superb cook and homemaker, a devoted and loving wife, and the epitome of a good mother and grandmother.
After being diagnosed with dementia in 2007, Ruby continued to live at home with her daughter Thelma Lea Kobeck and son-in-law Hawk Kennedy and actively engaged in helping to share her experiences so that other people could understand that it was possible to live at home with dementia. In doing so, Ruby touched the lives of many people facing similar struggles with dementia who never met her but learned through her example.
The family wishes to thank Baylor All Saints Hospital of Fort Worth's emergency room staff and cardio-vascular intensive care unit staff and the VITAS Hospice Unit at Baylor All Saints' staff for the loving care they provided for Ruby during her final illness.
She was greatly loved and respected by many and will be so terribly missed.
Ruby was preceded in death by her husband of 41 years, Thomas John Kobeck, Jr., and her parents, John Ross Veach, Sr., and Virginia Pearl (Smith) Myer.
Survivors: Daughter Linda Joyce Petty and husband John of Monument, New Mexico; son Wilfred Frank Kobeck of Mansfield, Texas; daughter Tricia Cecelia Davis of Rendon, Texas; daughter Thelma Lea Kobeck and husband Hawk Kennedy of Kennedale, Texas; grandchildren Misty Davis Wilhelm, Timothy Yarbro, Jeremy Daniel Davis, and Ryan Hines; sisters Angeline Flowers, Delvia Sirois, Irene Gassiot, Mamie Otberg, and Dorothy Jamison; brother John Veach, Jr.; great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and a vast "extended family" of friends and neighbors.
Funeral : 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 29, 2013 in Emerald Hills Memorial Chapel, 500 Sublett Road, Kennedale. Interment: Emerald Hills Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, January 28, at the funeral home.
Memorials: The Salvation Army or The Alzheimer's Foundation of America.
Ruby was born July 15, 1929, in Iona, South Dakota. She spent the early part of her childhood in Minnesota before moving with her family to Mountain Grove, Missouri. In the 1940s, her family moved to Fort Worth, Texas, finally settling in Kennedale following the infamous "Flood of 1949". Ruby worked at various jobs after arriving in Fort Worth, including Williams and Dickies clothing company and Shaw's Nursing Home, where she served as a Licensed Vocational Nurse until around 1952.
She married Thomas John Kobeck, Jr., on November 6, 1952 and they enjoyed a loving 41-year marriage together until his death in December, 1993. Following her husband's death, Ruby gave her life to the Lord and was saved and baptized.
Ruby enjoyed nature, birds, wildflowers, and all the creatures of the earth. It was not unusual for her to nurse an orphaned puppy or kitten to maturity or a sick or wounded animal back to health and she was highly successful in doing so.
She also enjoyed watching performances by Elvis impersonator Carlton Hurdle at the Kennedale Burger Box.
Further, Ruby had a generous spirit and was always willing to help those in need, either through her numerous contributions to The Salvation Army or her assistance to anyone in need who found their way to her door.
She was a superb cook and homemaker, a devoted and loving wife, and the epitome of a good mother and grandmother.
After being diagnosed with dementia in 2007, Ruby continued to live at home with her daughter Thelma Lea Kobeck and son-in-law Hawk Kennedy and actively engaged in helping to share her experiences so that other people could understand that it was possible to live at home with dementia. In doing so, Ruby touched the lives of many people facing similar struggles with dementia who never met her but learned through her example.
The family wishes to thank Baylor All Saints Hospital of Fort Worth's emergency room staff and cardio-vascular intensive care unit staff and the VITAS Hospice Unit at Baylor All Saints' staff for the loving care they provided for Ruby during her final illness.
She was greatly loved and respected by many and will be so terribly missed.
Ruby was preceded in death by her husband of 41 years, Thomas John Kobeck, Jr., and her parents, John Ross Veach, Sr., and Virginia Pearl (Smith) Myer.
Survivors: Daughter Linda Joyce Petty and husband John of Monument, New Mexico; son Wilfred Frank Kobeck of Mansfield, Texas; daughter Tricia Cecelia Davis of Rendon, Texas; daughter Thelma Lea Kobeck and husband Hawk Kennedy of Kennedale, Texas; grandchildren Misty Davis Wilhelm, Timothy Yarbro, Jeremy Daniel Davis, and Ryan Hines; sisters Angeline Flowers, Delvia Sirois, Irene Gassiot, Mamie Otberg, and Dorothy Jamison; brother John Veach, Jr.; great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and a vast "extended family" of friends and neighbors.
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