 1928 - 2015 (87 years)
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| Name |
Ruby Louise Van Zandbergen |
| Born |
3 Feb 1928 |
Rock Island, Illinois, USA  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
25 Sep 2015 |
Rock Island, Illinois, USA |
| Buried |
Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, United States |
| Person ID |
I7772 |
Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
8 Feb 2025 |
| Family |
Willard Thomas Jecks, b. 1 Oct 1918, Wauconda Township, Illinois, USA , d. 26 Jul 1995, Moline, Illinois, USA (Age 76 years) |
| Married |
11 Jun 1949 |
Rock Island, Illinois, USA |
| Children |
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| Last Modified |
8 Feb 2025 |
| Family ID |
F17521 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Born - 3 Feb 1928 - Rock Island, Illinois, USA |
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| Married - 11 Jun 1949 - Rock Island, Illinois, USA |
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| Died - 25 Sep 2015 - Rock Island, Illinois, USA |
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 | Buried - - Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, United States |
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Ruby
Louise
Feb 3 1928
Sep 25 2015
Loving Wife
A Life
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| Obituary & Death Notice |
 | Ruby Jecks
Ruby Jecks
Ruby Louise Jecks, 87, of Rock Island, passed away Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, at Unity-Point Health-Trinity Rock Island.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 2, at Hodgson Funeral Home, Rock Island. Visitation will be 9 to 11 a.m. Friday prior to the service and 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, at Hodgson Funeral Home. Burial will be at Rock Island National Cemetery, Arsenal Island. Memorials may be made to the Church of Peace, Friendship Manor or Augustana College.
She was born Feb. 3, 1928, in Rock Island, the daughter of Charles and Julia Van Zandbergen. She was a 1945 graduate of Rock Island High School. She was a cum laude graduate of Augustana College in 1949. She taught school from 1964 to 1966 in Rock Island. She retired from the Rock Island Arsenal Procurement offices in 1980 after 14 years of service.
Ruby was a member of Church of Peace, United Church of Christ, where she has been an active member of the choir since 1943. Since January 1996, she has been a member of CASI's Golden Toners.
Her hobbies included traveling, needlework and singing. She also enjoyed volunteering. Ruby volunteered for many years as a driver for the Cancer Society. Since 1999, she volunteered at Friendship Manor, where she resided.
Her 15 minutes of fame came in September 1958, when she was the Illinois winner of the CBS Televisit Contest. She spent a full week learning about how daytime television was made. She got the opportunity to write an article for The Rock Island Argus, which made the front page.
Those left to honor her memory include her sons, Frederick, Florida, Robert (Marchele), East Moline; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; brother, Gene VanZandbergen; and sister, Virginia Sulser.
She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Willard; brother, George VanZandbergen; sister, Patricia Carver; sister-in-law, Barbara; and great-granddaughter, Laura Jecks.
--The Dispatch, Moline, Illinois, September 29, 2015 Page 5 |
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