Ruth "Ruby" Dilger

Ruth “Ruby” Dilger, age 86, of Grants Pass, died Thursday, August 27, 2009 at her home.

Family services have been held. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements.

She was born August 24, 1923 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Edward & Dorothy Livens. She graduated from Washington High School in Milwaukee in 1941 and in 1943 she married Raymond Dilger there. In 1999 she moved from Orange County, California to Grants Pass. She was a homemaker.

She enjoyed drawing and especially loved socializing with friends and family.

Survivors include a daughter, Diane Yanke of Grants Pass; a son, Larry Dilger of Reno, Nevada; six grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond Dilger.