Ruby Nellie Webster Munshaw
Ruby Nellie Webster Munshaw
Ruby Nellie Webster Munshaw
1918-2015
Ruby Nellie Webster Munshaw, loving and devoted wife, for 63 years, and a partner in ministry, to the late Reverend Joseph J. Munshaw (October 19, 2007) was born December 6, 1918 in Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada, and died June 9, 2015 , at 1 o’clock at the Oregon Care Center, Oregon, Missouri.
She was preceded in death by her parents Arthur H. Webster and Anna Crystal Webster; two brothers George and Lorne Webster, and a sister Ruth Clark.
Ruby is survived by three sons, who were with her, Dr. Joseph Arthur Munshaw (and wife Coke Hennessy) of Manchester, Missouri, John William Munshaw (and wife Joyce) of Oregon, Missouri, and Robert Wayne Munshaw of Independence, Missouri. She also is survived by eight grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren.
When she was four years old her family moved from Canada to Central Point, Oregon, where she grew up and graduated valedictorian of her senior class in 1936. In 1943 she became a U.S. citizen.
When she was seven, Ruby was asked to become the pianist for her church. This began a lifetime of music ministry that lasted more than 80 years. She played piano, organ, and autoharp. She directed and accompanied church choir cantatas at the Methodist churches in Guilford, Barnard, Bolckow, Oregon, and Forest City, Missouri. Even when her eyesight and memory were failing, she brought comfort and joy to herself and others playing the piano and organ at the Oregon Care Center, where she resided in the last years of her life.
At her request, her body was cremated. A memorial service celebrating the life of Ruby Munshaw will be held 1:00 p.m., Saturday, July 11, 2015 at the Price Funeral Home, Maryville, Missouri. A visitation will occur one hour prior to the service.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be sent to Inter-Serv, 200 Cherokee St., St. Joseph, MO. 64504, or a charity of the donor’s choice.
Price Funeral Home, Maryville, is in charge of arrangements. Online information is at www.pricefuneralhomemaryville.com
