Obituary for Ruby Irene Peirce

Ruby Irene Boatman Peirce, 94, of Grand Island passed from this life on February 24, 2018.To honor Ruby's wishes, cremation has taken place. Memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, at Trinity United Methodist Church in Gollaher Chapel. Reverend Kelly Karges will officiate. Burial of ashes will be in Westlawn Park Memorial Cemetery. A gathering of friends and family will be an hour prior the service. All Faiths Funeral Home is serving the family. Ruby was born February 25, 1924, on a farm west of Albion to Curtis and Cora (Nichols) Boatman. The family moved to Fullerton when Ruby was eighteen months old. She graduated from Fullerton High School, class of 1942. She was active in pep club, girls reserve and a member of the Senior Class play.On September 16, 1942, she was united in marriage to Kenneth Peirce, also from Fullerton. Kenneth was serving in the United States Navy and stationed at Pensacola, Florida. Throughout Kenneth's Navy years, Ruby was in forty states. During the time her husband was in Hawaii, Ruby resided with her parents in Susanville, California. She worked at Fruit Growers Supply and graded lumber for the Armed Forces. On her husbands return, they spent a year in Kingsville, Texas, returning to Fullerton before moving to Grand Island in 1946. Ruby was a stay at home mom until her daughter was in junior high. She was employed at Saint Francis Hospital, retiring in 1996 to care for her husband. Ruby's faith was her cornerstone. She was a fifty plus year member of Trinity United Methodist Church, attending Circle and Tuesday morning Bible study for many years.She enjoyed making afghans and had made sixteen cross stitch quilts as gifts to her family. Ruby also collected teddy bears.Those left to cherish her memory include her son, Gail Peirce of Leo, Indiana and daughter, Penny (Robert) McGeorge of Grand Island; two grandchildren, Michael McGeorge and Toni (Josh) Richardson, all of Grand Island; eight great-grandchildren, Christopher, Keith and Kinston McGeorge, Hailey, Mariah and Breana Humlicek, and Bryce and Kaytlyn Richardson.She was predeceased by her husband, Kenneth Peirce, in August 1998; her parents; an infant daughter; brother and sister-in-law, Gordon and LaDonna Boatman; and daughter-in-law, Cathy Peirce.Memorials are suggested to Trinity United Methodist Church or Hope Harbor.