December 20, 2006

Ruby Denton

Ruby Denton, 90, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Dec. 18, 2006, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Dec. 6, 1916, in Wright County, Mo., daughter of Jesse Edward and Bertha Alice Cravens Webb. She and Frank Denton were married Dec. 7, 1968, in Farmington, Mo...

Ruby Denton, 90, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Dec. 18, 2006, at the Lutheran Home.

She was born Dec. 6, 1916, in Wright County, Mo., daughter of Jesse Edward and Bertha Alice Cravens Webb. She and Frank Denton were married Dec. 7, 1968, in Farmington, Mo.

She was a member of Business and Professional Women's Club and Centenary United Methodist Church.

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Survivors include her husband; three sons, Stephen Beard of Reno, Nev., Robert Denton of Temecula, Calif., Steven Denton of Austin, Texas; a daughter, Diana Daume of Cape Girardeau; a sister, Jeannette Keasler of Dexter, Mo.; seven grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by three sisters and four brothers.

Friends may call from 9 a.m. to service time Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home.

The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with Karen Mustoe officiating. Entombment will be in Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum.

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