Ruby Jean Pate

after a short illness. A visitation will be held at 1:00 p.m.

in the Chapel at Roselawn Funeral Home in Seagoville,

Texas. A private service will be held at 2:00 p.m. to honor

her sweet life and internment will follow at Roselawn

Cemetery.

On August 4, 1936, Ruby Jean Larson Pate was born in

Clifton, Texas, to Leslie and Lorene Seipert Larson. The

Larson Family later moved to the Dallas area where Ruby

attended school. She graduated from North Dallas High

School, and went on to a business school to learn

shorthand and typing. Such skills later helped her

acquire a position at the Hartford Insurance Agency,

where she worked until she retired. During her spare

time she enjoyed traveling on cruise ships where she did

what came to her naturally, talking to people. She never

found a stranger no matter where she went. When she

was home she was caring for family members. She often

recalled fond memories of family dinners and playing

games of Canasta.

Ruby is survived by daughter Debra, husband Terry and

granddaughter Rachel Mayo, of Tool, Texas; grandson

Derek, wife Kristin and daughter Jessie Mayo, of Frisco,

Texas; Sean Mayo and fiancee, Brittany Von Behren, of

Dallas, Texas; grandsons Kaleb Mayo and Ian Mayo of

Addison, Texas; brothers Clarence Larson and Leslie

Larson of Seagoville, Texas; and cousin David Larson of

Waxahachie, Texas. She is also survived by numerous

nieces, nephews, and grandnieces and grandnephews

whom she loved dearly. Ruby is predeceased by her

parents Leslie and Lorene Larson, daughter Bonnie Jean

Pate, and sisters Jane A. Nutt and Roylene Larson.