Ruby Moore

Ruby Marie Moore, 85, of Merriam, Kan., formerly of Cape Girardeau and Ballwin, Mo., died Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006, at Sharon Lane Nursing Center in Merriam.

She was born Feb. 13, 1921, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Robert Carl and Freida Bertha Siemers Kiehne. She and Thomas I. Moore were married July 28, 1946, in Sikeston, Mo. He died April 3, 2004.

She had been active in Ballwin Women's Club and the local PTA. She was of the Lutheran belief.

She is survived by a son, Bob "Howard" Moore and wife Linda of Kansas City, Kan.; two grandchildren, Matthew Moore of Kirksville, Mo., and Meaghan Moore of Kansas City, Kan.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; and three brothers, Herman, Paul and Bob Kiehne.

Friends may call at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday.

Graveside service will be held at 11:15 a.m. Saturday at Cape County Memorial Park, with the Rev. Barry L. Pfanstiel officiating.

Memorials may be made to Crossroad Hospice, 8540 Blue Ridge Blvd., Kansas City, Mo., 64138.