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Ruby Lee Hansen  1903 - 2004

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• Birth	21 Feb 1903	Iona, Bingham, Idaho, USA
  Christened	Apr 1903	Iona, Bingham, Idaho, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	14 Jul 2004	Logan , Cache, Utah, USA   [1]
  Buried	16 Jul 2004	Logan Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, USA
  Person ID	I2	Sorenson Murdock Family
  Last Modified	06 May 2008
  Father	Charles Walter Hansen,   b. 29 Nov 1877, Hyrum, Cache, Utah, USA ,   d. 5 Feb 1941, Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, USA
  Mother	Mary Ann Lee,   b. 14 Feb 1882, Tooele, Tooele, Utah, USA ,   d. 31 Oct 1963, Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, USA
  Married	19 Mar 1902	Logan, Cache, Utah, USA
  Histories	A tribute to the children of Mary Ann Lee Hansen A tribute to her children by Mary Ann Lee Hansen
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet
  Family	James Verland Sorenson,   b. 22 Aug 1900, Logan, Cache, Utah, USA ,   d. 6 Sep 1981, Logan, Cache, Utah, USA
  Married	8 Jun 1922	Logan, Cache, Utah, USA   [2]
  	JV & Ruby Marriage Certificate Logan, Cache, Utah, USA
  Notes	Married: I spent a lot of time living with JV and Ruby when I was a little girl. Mom was working in Logan and I think Dad was in SLC. I just recall playing for hours with the tupperware bowls that Grandma Ruby kept in a cupboard that was low enough for me to reach. I remember going to visit Grandpa and Grandma Sorenson every Sunday night. We would watch The Wonderful World of Disney and Grandpa would often give us money to buy an ice-cream on the way home until the Prophet suggested that we stop buying things on Sunday.(Of course he followed the prophets insruction and would still slip us money for another time) I took numerous friends with me as I got older on Sunday nights and G & G never forgot their names and would often say Hi to them out and about in Logan. My friends thought that it was cool that my grandparents would remember them. Grandma always had a dish of candy and Grandpa always had a pill bottle full of my favortie kind of peanuts put in a special spot just for me. They took us to Lagoon on numerous occasions. Grandpas favortie cake was chocolate with whipped cream for frosting and coconut sprinkled on top. Grandma made the best pies in the world especially Apple, she would shred her apples and her crust was to die for. I love pie. Once when I was old enough to drive and Grandpa couldn't any more, he asked me to drive him to a funeral, we arrived before the casket, Grandpa always liked to be early for everything. Grandma was a avid reader, she always had a book around to read. -Peggy Brown (granddaughter)
  Children	1. James Charles Sorenson,   b. 6 Apr 1923, Logan, Cache, Utah, USA ,   d. 21 May 1997, Federal Way, Washington, USA   2. John Verland Sorenson,   b. 7 Nov 1924, Logan, Cache, Utah, USA ,   d. 14 Aug 1998, Montgomery, Alabama, USA   3. Fred Randall Sorenson,   b. 23 Nov 1926, Logan, Cache, Utah, USA ,   d. 13 Sep 1989, Ogden, Weber, Utah, USA   4. Mary Renee Sorenson,   b. 11 Dec 1929, Logan, Cache, Utah, USA ,   d. 2 Sep 2004, North Logan, Cache, Utah, USA
  Last Modified	06 May 2008
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet

• Event Map

  Event Birth - 21 Feb 1903 - Iona, Bingham, Idaho, USA Christened - Apr 1903 - Iona, Bingham, Idaho, USA Married - 8 Jun 1922 - Logan, Cache, Utah, USA Died - 14 Jul 2004 - Logan , Cache, Utah, USA Buried - 16 Jul 2004 - Logan Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, USA  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth




• Photos		Ruby in 1918. This photo was taken in Iona, Idaho by the family home.
  		1918 Ruby Hansen in a costume
  		1918 Ruby Hansen with the Pulley sisters. Photo taken in front of Idaho Falls, Idaho High School.
  		Ruby in 1918. This is a very dramatic pose.
  		Ruby in 1918. Taken in Iona, Idaho in front of the family home. Notice the beautiful summer hat.
  		Ruby a sixteen year old beauty in 1919.
  		Ruby in 1919. Photo taken in front of the family home in Iona, Idaho. Very high fashion.
  		Ruby in 1919. Photo taken at the Brigham Young College in Logan, Utah. Ruby is on the far right.
  		Ruby riding a horse in 1919. Photo taken in Logan, Utah.
  		1919 Ruby Hansen striking a pose on the porch of the family home. Iona, Idaho.
  		1920 Ruby (in the middle) with the Wilde sisters. Notice the hats.
  		Ruby Hansen Sorenson in 1921. This photo taken just prior to her marriage.
  		1921 Ruby the school teacher. She taught school in Iona, Idaho.
  		1921 Ruby the school teacher
  		1935 Ruby the gardner. Photo taken in the back yard of the family home at 421 West 400 North, Logan, Utah. Ruby enjoyed a "Green Thumb" all her life.
  		Ruby in 1935. The hair style was typical of the time.
  		Ruby with her Aunt Otella 1955. Otella is her mother's sister.
  		1960 Ruby Sorenson with her ribbons won for growing African Violets.
  		Ruby in 1961
  		Ruby in 1962
  		Ruby in 1962 in front of family home at 421 West 400 North, Logan, Utah.
  		1962 Ruby knitting. Ruby made many articles of clothing from her knitting skills. She could read a book and knit at the same time.
  		1965 Ruby and her violets
  		Ruby in 1981
  		1981 Ruby in the living room of her home at 421 West 400 North, Logan, Utah.
  		1982 Ruby Lee Hansen & Jacque Bair
  		Ruby on Christmas day 1982.
  		1983 Ruby's 80th Birthday. This photo was the favorite of the family. She would live for another 21 years.
  		Ruby in 2002. Photo taken at Terrace Grove Assisted Living Center, Logan, Utah.
  		Ruby on her birthday February 21,2002. Taken at Terrace Grove Assisted Living Center, Logan, Utah.
  		Ruby in 2002
  		Ruby's 99th Birthday, Febraury 21, 2002. Photo taken at Terrace Grove Assisted Living Center.
  		Ruby's birthday, February 21,2002.
  		Ruby on Mother's Day in 2003. Photo taken at the Logan Rehabilitation Center, Logan, Utah.
  		Ruby in 2003. Photo taken at the Logan Rebabilitation Center.
  		Ruby in 2003
  		Ruby in 2003
  		Ruby 100 years old!! Photo taken at the Logan Rehabilitation Center, Logan, Utah. February 21, 2003.
  		Ruby in 2004
  		Ruby's 101st Birthday cake.
  		Ruby on Mother's Day 2004
  		Ruby on Mother's Day May 9th, 2004. Photo taken about two months before her death.
  		Ruby Circa 1919.
  		Ruby with costume 1915. Ruby demonstrating quite a garb.
  		Ruby (right) and friend 1919. Dressed in Sunday best.
  		Ruby with fancy hat 1917. Showing off the hat in front of the Hansen family home in Iona, Idaho.
  		Ruby by tree. 1918. Showing Sunday best by home in Iona, Idaho.
  		Ruby with "high fashion." 1919. Showing a new dress in front of Hansen family home in Iona, Idaho.
  		Modeling clothes. 1919. Dressed in fashionable clothes.
  		Flowers in hand. 1920. Ruby always had a "green thumb." Here she is in on the front steps of the Hansen family home in Iona, Idaho.
  		Photo portrait of Ruby 1921. Photograph taken before her marriage.
  		BYC. 1918. Photo taken at the old Brigham Young College in Logan, Utah.
  		Ruby 1937. Ruby as a mother of five in 1937.
  		The threesome 1920. Ruby in the middle with the Wilde sisters.
  		Ruby with class mates 1918. Taken in front of the Idaho Falls high school.
  		Ruby on a horse in Iona, Idaho 1920. The mode of travel at the time.
  		Ruby gazing. 1918. Ruby modeling and gazing in Iona, Idaho.
  		Ruby, Marie and Roy 1915.
  		Ruby (far right) 1919. This gives new meaning to the phrase "leg up."
  		Tabernacle grounds 1920. Logan Tabernacle grounds.
  Documents		JV & Ruby's Marriage Annoucement
  		JV & Ruby's Marriage Certificate
  		JV & Ruby's 50th Wedding Anniversary Announcement
  		Ruby's 100th Birthday Announcement in the Herald Journal
  		Ruby's teaching certificate
  		Ruby's WWII employment. During and for a short time following World War II, she worked at "Second Street" in Ogden, Utah. She commuted daily with others in a carpool.
  		Ruby's Death Certificate
  		Ruby Lee Hansen Sorenson - Obituary
  		Ruby Lee Hansen Sorenson - Funeral Program
  		Ruby Lee Hansen Sorenson - Funeral Program
  Headstones		James Verland (JV) Sorenson & Ruby Lee Hansen Status: Located. Buried in the Logan City Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah.
  Histories	The History of Ruby Hansen Sorenson as told by her mother
  	The History of Ruby Lee Hansen Sorenson
  	A Dream by Ruby Lee Hansen Sorenson
  	Christmas by Ruby Lee Hansen Sorenson
  	A Miraculous Experience by Ruby Lee Hansen Sorenson
  	History of Ruby Lee Hansen Sorenson Written in some parts in novel format by Ruby

• Notes

  Cause of death was pneumonia. Although the death certificate says Alsheimerzers and or dementia. ------------------------------------------------------ See more on Ruby in the Family History Forum --------------------------------------------------------- Doggie Treats...A Confession Well lots of you probably remember Candy Grandma's dog, Silver. Silver and I had a lot in common; we lived in the same city, on the same street, and sometimes shared a yard. We both loved Candy grandpa and Candy Grandma very much. But the one thing that bonded us together was our love of doggie treats. I knew just where grandma kept them. The left hand lower cabinet next to the sink. Silver and I would sneak into the kitchen to get some, we would sneak because Grandma had all ready helped me give Silver some treats earlier but I knew that he probably needed some more...and what Grandma had forgotten was to give me some too. So Silver and I would help ourselves. Yes I loved that dog and I loved those treats. Today I still have fond memories of Silver buddy and Grandma's house but my love of doggy treats has completely left me. Thankfully. :) -Joni Wright (great-granddaughter) --------------------------------------------------------- Stealing Rocks On the topic of candy grandma. I thought I would let you all know that I have returned the rocks I stole from Candy Grandma's garden. I used to work in her yard and take care of the rock garden. One year I decided to rearrange the rocks in her garden, but apparently she thought I was taking them out of the garden to steal them. In her defence though some of the rocks did have silver flakes, but I didn't think they would be worth my while to try and harvest so I left them there. Anyway, just a little tidbit. I have to admit though, Candy Grandma was a great gardener, and I owe everything I know about gardening to her. Oh, and buy the way she was especially great with African Violets, she was even in a club for it. -Joann Moser (great-granddaughter) --------------------------------------------------------- Red Licorice I always enjoyed going to "Candy Grandma's" house and going to the tall jar with the orange lid for some licorice. For a while I think that was the only way to get me to go. She almost always had it stocked. Sometime the licorice was so hard you could take it outside and hit it on the cement and it would shatter. Other times it was just great. I loved to sit the green chairs in the dining room at eat it. I always think on her when I get a bag on twizzlers strawberry licorice. -Jacque Bair (great-granddaughter) --------------------------------------------------------- Parmesian Cheese During the last few years that "Candy Grandma" (as many called her) lived in her house, I had the oppurtunity of cleaning it for her on Saturdays. Frequently my cousin, Joni, and I would clean out her fridge. The first time we did this we threw out quite a bit of food, but nothing was scarier then the date on the Parmesian Cheese can...1976!! Keep in mind, this was about the year 2000. The can was older than both Joni and I. We didn't dare open it for fear of the smell, so we'll never know for sure what was in there. We also pulled out vegetables and such which had mold on them. Candy Grandma just looked at them and told us they were just fine. So, when she left the room, we threw them out anyway. -Becky Hummel (great-granddaughter)

• Sources

  [S39] Death Certificate, Utah Death Certificate (Reliability: 3). [S42] Marriage Certificate, Utah Certificate of Marriage (Reliability: 3).