John Richard Rubens

I'm so sad John is gone from us and at the same time I am so happy I got to know this wonderful man and that he was a part of my life. John and I worked together at Atria Retirement Home. He always made people smile especially when he would sing,"Count your wrinkles name them one by one". The ladies would just laugh and you could see the sparkle in their eyes for John. Just to have the attention of Big John was something special. I would request that John sing to me, "Big Bad John" and he...

This man touched my life in so many ways as a friend and co-worker. John and I worked together at Atria Retirement Home. I'd love it when he would sing to the ladies "Count your wrinkles name them one by one". They would laugh and you could see the joy in their eyes just because Big John paid attention to them. John had a special way of making people smile and feel good. He was so easy to talk with and was a wonderful person. I'm so happy I got to know him. "Big John, kind of broad at the...

John and Tawny,
I am so sorry for the loss of your dad. You and your family are in my prayers.

To the Ruben Family
You will miss a great husband, father, grandfather, and friend. John had a heart that was larger than life itself. I loved getting his handshakes and hug on occassion when he would enter a room. The most memory I will have is his bolo ties. It didn't matter where he was he always wore a different and new one everytime I saw him. My husband and I loved him. Jerry, we loved you and have missed seeing you. Our hearts will be with you at this time of sorrow. Angels will...

Entry in our Missionary Journal April 5, 2002: We co-chaired our first meeting tonight with the Rubens it was absolutely fantastic, Brother Rubens is so powerful; he has such a wonderful way of bringing in the spirit, when he talks it’s like listening to an Apostle! He taught us that we were responsible for our situation here on earth we chose it and we can not blame anyone else, because we knew better before we came here, we knew the right choices that we should have made. He taught us...

May we express our condolences to you, Jerry, and your family at this time. We will miss seeing John at church, shaking his hand and talking with him. May the Lord comfort you at this time and in the future.

Jerry - we will greatly miss John - he touched so many lives - including ours. We loved his sense of humor and his compasion for everyone. We loved the time he lead us in the fun songs that he would sing on the bus. I especially enjoyed the visits at your home. We will miss him and his always cheerful smiling face at church on Sundays. We loved him and we love you Gerry and our prayers are with you at this sad time.

Dearest Jerri and family of John,
What a great man John was and still
is. The lives he helped throught his life time can not be counted in
numbers. My sweet eternal companion
and I were two of the lost souls
that he helped. When he called us to be missionaries in the LDS Family
Services Addiction Recovery Program, it was with that great love and belief that he had in each
one of us, that brought healing to us and all of the many, many...