Ruby Dean
October 28, 1925 — November 20, 2018
Ruby Dean
Ruby E. Dean, 93, of Bella Vista, Arkansas passed away November 20, 2018. She was born October 28, 1925 in Cabot, Arkansas to the late Edward Homer and Anna Lela (Morton) Gray.
Ruby was an incredible mother, beautiful wife, and loving grandmother. She enjoyed dancing. Ruby and her husband started the Dean Equipment Company among many other businesses. She and her husband, Coy, were very active in Optimist International.
Preceding Ruby in death are her parents; husbands: Arthur Coy Dean and Tom F. Stroud, III; and son, Gerald W. Dean.
She leaves to cherish her memory her daughter, Beverly Williams of Bella Vista, Arkansas; son, Roger D. Dean of Benton, Arkansas; grandchildren: Andrea Vandervoort, Jeffery Dean and wife Robin, and Jeanna Hurley and husband Patrick; great-grandchildren: Kaitlin Vandervoort, Andrew Dean, Mary Catherine Gifford; and a host of family and friends who love Ruby and will miss her always.
Memorials may be made to Partners in Progress, Ship of Life, PO Box 13989, Maumelle, Arkansas 72113.
Family will hold memorial service in the spring.
Services entrusted to Smith-Benton Funeral Home. Online guestbook: www.SmithFamilyCares.com.
Ruby was an incredible mother, beautiful wife, and loving grandmother. She enjoyed dancing. Ruby and her husband started the Dean Equipment Company among many other businesses. She and her husband, Coy, were very active in Optimist International.
Preceding Ruby in death are her parents; husbands: Arthur Coy Dean and Tom F. Stroud, III; and son, Gerald W. Dean.
She leaves to cherish her memory her daughter, Beverly Williams of Bella Vista, Arkansas; son, Roger D. Dean of Benton, Arkansas; grandchildren: Andrea Vandervoort, Jeffery Dean and wife Robin, and Jeanna Hurley and husband Patrick; great-grandchildren: Kaitlin Vandervoort, Andrew Dean, Mary Catherine Gifford; and a host of family and friends who love Ruby and will miss her always.
Memorials may be made to Partners in Progress, Ship of Life, PO Box 13989, Maumelle, Arkansas 72113.
Family will hold memorial service in the spring.
Services entrusted to Smith-Benton Funeral Home. Online guestbook: www.SmithFamilyCares.com.
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