Ruby Long, 74, died Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015 at her sister’s home in Wellington where she has resided for the past six weeks, while under Encompass Hospice Care.

Memorial Services will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, November 7 at the London Heights Baptist Church in Kansas City. Shelley Family Funeral Home of Wellington is in charge of arrangements. For further information please visit www.shelleyfamilyfh.com.

Ruby Laura Long was born May 8, 1941 the daughter of Gus and Ella (Reiss) Stark in Newton, Kansas. She grew up in Newton and graduated from Newton High School in 1959. She attended a year at Bethany Nazarene College and then moved to Kansas City, Kansas. She graduated from Kansas City Business College in 1984 with a secretary certificate. Ruby worked as a secretary and file clerk in various businesses in Kansas City. She enjoyed her dogs and was an active participant in kennel club dog shows. She liked gospel music and was faithful to her church.Ruby is survived by her sisters: Norma Gooch and husband John of Wellington, KS, and Ruth Goecks and husband Dennis of McMinnville, OR; and a brother, Lewis Stark and wife Judy of Newton, KS; as well as several nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Jack Carl Long and a brother, Arnold Stark.