Ruby Lucel Bryant, 80, of rural Rushville died at 3:40 a.m. Jan. 28, 2019, at Culbertson Memorial Hospital in Rushville.Ruby Lucel Bryant, 80, of rural Rushville died at 3:40 a.m. Jan. 28, 2019, at Culbertson Memorial Hospital in Rushville.
She was born May 17, 1938, in Rushville, a daughter of Erle Wayne and Edna Maxine Kinman Lashbrook. She married David Eugene Bryant on April 12, 1958, in Rushville. He survives.
Also surviving are two children, Tim (and Janice) Bryant of Rushville and Cindy Bryant-Reither of Beardstown; three brothers, Lewis (and Tina) Lashbrook of Table Grove, Phillip Lashbrook of Rushville and Michael Lashbrook of Delaware; four sisters, Betty (and Willard) Richey of Vermont, Martha Kay Bowman, Sheila Lashbrook and Rebecca Lewis, all of Rushville; and three grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by one infant son, Steven Mark Bryant; her stepmother, Ruth Lashbrook; and one nephew, Petie Allen Lashbrook.
She was a switchboard operator for Bell Telephone in Astoria, was an in-home CNA for Cass County Health Department and a companion for many elderly people.
She was a charter member of Rushville Church of the Nazarene, a member of the Schuyler Jail Museum and Genealogy Center and a former member of the Audubon Society. She also was a volunteer for Cass-Schuyler Area Hospice.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Worthington Funeral Home in Rushville with Rev. Jeremy Norton officiating. Burial will follow in Rushville City Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4-6 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to her church or Cass-Schuyler Hospice.
Condolences may be sent to www.worthingtonfh.com.
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