Ruby Wright

1919 - 2018

Ruby Marie Clements Wright passed away May 22, 2018, at her home in Menan.

Ruby Marie Clements was born Nov. 28, 1919, in Hibbard, Idaho, to Joseph William and Rebecca Violet McKenna Clements. She joined one sister and three brothers and later was joined by two sisters.

She attended school in Hibbard until her father passed away in 1934 and the family moved to Rexburg. Ruby attended one year of high school in Rexburg and then stayed home to raise her nephew and earn money by babysitting to help her mother who had gone to work to provide for her family.

Ruby met Dee Wright at a dance at Riverside Gardens. Ruby loved to dance. Dee didn't, but they went to all the dances; she danced and he visited. They dated for a year and were married Nov. 27, 1927, in her mother's living room in Rexburg. They lived with Dee's parents and sister Fay in Menan for five years. She loved her in-laws and also said they were good teachers and always loved her.

In 1942, Ruby and Dee moved to California while Dee worked in the shipyards. They moved back to Menan to start farming in the spring. They lived across the street from Dee's parents. After the passing of Dee's mother, they moved across the street with four children to live with Dee's father. By 1951, they had six children and their family was complete - four boys and two girls.

In 1973, Dee and Ruby moved to California, and Dee worked construction for one year. Ruby loved her apartment and being close to Roy and Marilyn and her brother and sister.

In 1974, they moved back to Menan, and in 1979, they sold the farm and built a new home 1/8 mile down the road. Ruby loved her new home and enjoyed fixing it up.

Dee and Ruby traveled to visit the family from East to West. Dee passed away in 1998, and Ruby continued living in Menan and enjoyed having her family around her. She hosted a yearly family reunion each May in her home.

Ruby was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was Young Women's president, teacher, secretary, counselor in Relief Society, visiting teacher for 80 years, temple worker and loved missionary work and humanitarian services. Each week, she had friends and neighbors come tie quilts for humanitarian purposes.

Ruby was preceded in death by her husband, Dee; sons, Bob, Brent and Reid; her parents, Will and Violet Clements; four brothers: Reid, Dwayne, Carol and Blair Terry; three sisters: Beulah Terry, Della Harrison and Delpha Van Zant; and her in-laws, Roy and Ruth Wright.

She is survived by a daughter-in-law, Darlene (Bob) Wright, of Twin Falls; daughter, Judith Wright, of Menan; son, Roy (Marilyn) Wright, of Menan; daughter, Barbra (Dave) Hill, of Fountain Green, Utah; 14 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren.

Services will be Tuesday, May 29, at 11 a.m. in Menan Red Brick Church. The family will receive friends prior to services from 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. at the church. Burial will be at Annis-Little Butte Cemetery.

The family would like to thank Avalon Hospice for the care and love they showed Ruby, especially Cassie, AnaLee, Theresa, Debbie, Mark and Casey. Thanks also to caring friends and neighbors.

In lieu of flowers, Ruby requested donations be made to the LDS Church Missionary Fund or Humanitarian Services.