Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  RUBY M. WHILES

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RUBY M. WHILES

OCNS - November 1, 2000 - Ruby M. Whiles, 80, longtime resident of 
Pawhuska, Oklahoma, passed away in her home, Sunday, October 29, following 
an extended illness.

Ruby was born May 5, 1920, in Osage County, Oklahoma to Charles A. and 
Ellie (Maxwell) Cass and married Henry C. Whiles November 9, 1942, in 
Winfield, Kansas. They owned the City Laundry in Pawhuska from 1955 to 
1975.

Ruby was retired from the Pawhuska School System where she served as the 
cafeteria manager and cook for many years. She enjoyed shopping and 
cooking and dearly loved her family. She was a member of the First 
Christian Church.

Survivors in addition to her husband, Henry, of the home include: six 
grandchildren, Mark McVey and wife, Joanie, of Perkins, Oklahoma; Lou 
Sellers and husband, Ted, of Pawhuska; Rhonda Wilson and husband, Larry, 
of Locust Grove, Oklahoma; Clay McVey and wife, Jill of Cushing, Oklahoma; 
Sandra Dobbs of Henrietta, Oklahoma, and Clara Wilson of Locust Grove; ten 
great grandchildren, eight great-great grandchildren and a host of other 
relatives and friends.

Additional information provided by Ruby's niece, Cynthia Cass Pradmore - 
Our dear Aunt Ruby Myrtle Cass Whiles was the daughter of the Late sheriff 
of Osage County, Oklahoma, (from 1943-1955) Charles A Cass and Ellie L. 
Maxwell. I would like to share with you that she was a wonderful Aunt, 
wife, grandmother, mother, sister and friend to many in the Osage County 
area. She will be greatly missed by so many. Ruby was the Aunt of Daniel 
Cass, Edna Cass Conley, LeRoy Newton Cass, Charlotte Cass, Jim Maxwell 
Cass, Cynthia Cass Pradmore, Lila Cass Dooling and the late Charles 
"Chock" Cass. She was also the Aunt of Pete Cass, Michael Dean Cass, 
Kathryn Cass, Mary Cass, Pat Cass Carr, Stephanie Volker, Brent Volker. No 
words could ever express the fullness of this Lady. She was the family 
strength to us all...and she will be deeply missed.

Ruby was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers, one sister and 
her daughter, Lois Ann Wilson.

Services were held Wednesday, November 1, in the Johnson Funeral Home 
Chapel with the Reverend Ronald Eldridge of the First Christian Church 
officiating. Interment was in the Riverside Cemetery and Ralston, Oklahoma 
with Johnson Funeral Director's in charge of arrangements.