Ruby LaRue McDaniel

McDaniel, Ruby LaRue (Tunison)
Ruby McDaniel, 92, passed away peacefully April 12, 2011 at her home in Woodinville, Wash. She was a sweet and lovely lady, loved by many, and will be greatly missed. Ruby was born September 20, 1918 in Dexter, Kansas to Lillian Olive (Foust) Tunison and Clark Hardenburg Tunison. She earned an Associate degree from Arkansas City Junior College in 1939, and taught school at Vinton and Highland, Kansas. Ruby married Forrest Duane McDaniel in 1943; they had no children. She was interested in genealogy, and was a member of the Eastern Star D.A.R. Ruby worked for the Boeing Co. in Wichita from 1942 until 1945, and again from 1949 until 1967. In 1968 she and Duane moved to Seattle, where she worked at Boeing's flight test data unit until 1972; in 1973 they moved back to Wichita. She and Duane lived in Wichita after retirement, then Sequim, Wash., and then Sun City West, Ariz. Shortly after Duane's death in 2003 Ruby moved to Woodinville, WA. She leaves behind her sister, Bernadine Shafer; her nephews, Chester and Gary Tunison and David Tunison; and her nieces, Rita Harder and Linda Lewis; and many other great-nieces and -nephews, other relatives and friends. She will be interred at Dexter Cemetery, Dexter, Kan. A memorial service will be held Tuesday, April 26 at 3pm at The Creekside, 18200 Woodinville-Snohomish Rd., Woodinville, Wash.