Ruby Jean ANDERSON

1920 - 2007  (86 years)

• Name	Ruby Jean ANDERSON
  Birth	1 Jul 1920	Clay County, Minnesota
  Gender	Female
  Baptism	30 Jan 1921	Clay County, Minnesota
  	Our Savior’s Lutheran, Barnesville
  Minnesota Birth Certificate	1920-06238
  Death	20 Jan 2007	Tillamook, Tillamook County, Oregon
  	As R. J. Pfau.
  Notes	In the 1950 census, she was R. Jean Brown, 29. She worked as a garment inspector for a clothing manufacturer. She and her two sons lived in Portland. Ruby Jean Pfau Mrs. Ruby Jean Pfau died in Wheeler Jan. 20, 2007, at age 87. Ruby was born July 1, 1920, in Barnesville, Minn., to William Anderson Sr. and Elvina (Hagen) Anderson. In 1939, she married Harold Brown. After their marriage ended, she married Thomas Pfau in Portland in 1951. She worked in the garment industry, and loved gardening, visiting family, playing cards at Granges around the area, and hosting visitors at her Foley Creek home. She was a member of Sons of Norway. Ruby was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Pfau, in 1979, and by one grandson, Curtis Brown, in 1980. She was survived, at the time of her passing, by a son, Dwight Brown of Tillamook; daughter-in-law, Dot Brown of Tillamook; grandchildren, Jimmy Brown and wife Adria, Jari Baker, and Debbie Cox and husband Adam, all of Phoenix, Ariz.; great-grandchildren Mikel Hardy of Tucson, Ariz., Parker Brown and Corbin Brown, both of Phoenix, Ariz.; and Elliot Cox and Rachel Cox, both of Portland. At Mrs. Pfau's request, no service will be held. Those who wish may make memorial contributions to the American Diabetes Association, care of Waud's Funeral Home. Headlight-Herald, Tillamook, OR Feb. 7, 2007
  Person ID	I20477	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	30 May 2025

  
  

  Father	William ANDERSON,   b. 5 Jul 1899, Minnesota d. 1 Nov 1970, Clay County, Minnesota (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Elvina Annette HAGEN,   b. 22 Sep 1898, Otter Tail County, Minnesota d. 1 Jun 1993, Rice County, Minnesota (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	4 Nov 1919	Otter Tail County, Minnesota
  Divorce	Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F14836	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Harold BROWN
  Marriage	1939
  Divorce	Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Gary Lee BROWN,   b. 26 Apr 1939, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon d. 7 Mar 1996, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon (Age 56 years)   2. Dwight Franklin BROWN,   b. 24 May 1944, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon d. 25 Jan 2007, Tillamook, Tillamook County, Oregon (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F20252	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2019

  
  

  Family 2	Thomas PFAU   d. 1979
  Marriage	1951	Oregon
  	no later than July of 1951
  Family ID	F14838	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2019