Ruby Yvonne Revak

Ruby Yvonne Revak obituary

Ruby Yvonne Revak

Ruby Revak Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Oct. 21, 2012.
Revak, Ruby Yvonne Formerly of St. Louis Park, ended her earthly life and continued her eternal life on October 16, 2012, at the age of 89. Ruby was born March 23, 1923 in Burrton, Kansas. She was the eldest of five children born to Claude Wesley and Sarah Inez Grandon. Ruby graduated from Haven High School in 1940 and attended York College in Nebraska. It was there that she met, fell in love, and married Sgt. John Robert Revak of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Ruby was a gifted seamstress and loved to knit and crochet. Ruby loved her church family at Aldersgate United Methodist Church, the Prudential Retirees Group and the Lenox Senior Center. She dearly loved her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She truly felt as if her life had been blessed. Ruby was preceded in death by husband, John; step-son, Robert (Shizue). She is survived by children, John (Virginia), Debra (Ken) Kirchgessner and Robin Sothman; grandchildren, Jessica (Dave) Milkes, Wesley Revak, Dan (Ashley) and John (Kavitha) Kirchgessner, Courtney Karels, Colton and Crosby Sothman; great- grandchildren, Tyler, Parker and Asher Milkes; sister, Maryetta (John) Kelly; brother, Harold Grandon; Robert's children, Linda, Alan, Charles, Florence, Preston and John. Private family services were held at Aldersgate United Methodist Church in St. Louis Park. "When you have truly loved another, you have seen the face of God." Gearty-Delmore 763-553-1411

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