Ruby S. Rast
Ruby S. Rast
Ruby S.
Rast, 90, of Boise, passed away on Fri. Mar. 8, 2013, in a local assisted
living facility. A funeral service will be held on Fri. Mar. 15, 2013, at 11
a.m., at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Boise. Burial will be take place at
Terrace Lawn Cemetery, Boise. Arrangements are under the direction of
Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel.
Ruby was
born on Feb. 11, 1923 in Garfield Co., Wason Flats, MT. She grew up on a farm
and attended school in Wason Flats until moving to Veda, MT, where she graduated
from grammar school and later graduated from High School in Wolf Point, MT.
After High School, she went to work in Washington D.C. for the Government Civil
Service, until transferring to Camp Hale, CO and Portland, OR with the Port of
Embarkation. She then went to San Francisco and Oakland, CA to work for General
Motors, before working for the Bureau of Public Records in San Francisco. She
met and married Helmut Rast on Nov. 13, 1954 in San Francisco. They moved to
American Falls, and then lived in Pocatello until Jan. 1969. They then moved to
Boise, where Ruby worked for Intermountain Gas Co. for a few years. After
Helmut retired, they did a lot of traveling. Ruby was a member of the Lutheran
Church and involved with the LWML (Ladies Organization) at Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church.
Ruby was
preceded in death by her husband, Helmut Rast; and thirteen siblings.
She is
survived by her sister, Ruth Thun, of Calgary, Canada; brother, Walter Presser
of California; a son, Kim Rast; and two grandchildren, Celeste Rast, and Jaanai
Rast; a nephew and his wife, Lawrence and Mary Etta Fredrickson of Middleton;
as well as many other nieces and nephews.
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