"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 225, No 4, p 25, Apr., 2003.
Ruby Clace (Harbert) Maxson, 84, of Berlin, N.Y., died on December 31, 2002, at Hoosick Falls Health Center.
She was born on January 11, 1918, near Lumberport, W.Va., the youngest child of Harold Alfred and Phoebe Jane (Heldreth) Harbert. She graduated from Lumberport’s high school in 1934 and, at her elder sister's urging, enrolled at Salem (W.Va.) College. Ruby was the only one in her immediate family to go to college.
Since her family was quite poor, she had to finance her own education by taking on a variety of jobs. These ranged from working as a secretary for the college's president, to doing laundry for a local family.
While at college, Ruby met the man who was to become her husband, a ministerial student from Gentry, Ark., Paul Leland Maxson. On November 27, 1936, they were married in the Seventh Day Baptist parsonage in Lost Creek, W.Va.
After Ruby graduated from Salem in 1938, the couple moved to Alfred, N.Y., so that Paul could attend seminary there. Upon his graduation in 1940, they moved to Berlin, N.Y., and began their ministry at the Berlin SDB Church.
The years they spent in Berlin were busy ones. In addition to helping her husband fulfill the biblical mandates of ministry, Ruby raised two daughters and taught business classes at the local high school for 35 years. Attending summer schools, she earned her Master's degree from Albany University.
Survivors include her two daughters, Eunice Barber of Petersburgh, N.Y., and Maryann Bullinger of Berlin; five grandsons, one granddaughter, and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband; two sisters, Ninnie and Thelma; and one brother, Lankford.
A memorial service was held on January 4, 2003, at the Berlin SDB Church. Interment was private.
Ruby Clace (Harbert) Maxson, 84, of Berlin, N.Y., died on December 31, 2002, at Hoosick Falls Health Center.
She was born on January 11, 1918, near Lumberport, W.Va., the youngest child of Harold Alfred and Phoebe Jane (Heldreth) Harbert. She graduated from Lumberport’s high school in 1934 and, at her elder sister's urging, enrolled at Salem (W.Va.) College. Ruby was the only one in her immediate family to go to college.
Since her family was quite poor, she had to finance her own education by taking on a variety of jobs. These ranged from working as a secretary for the college's president, to doing laundry for a local family.
While at college, Ruby met the man who was to become her husband, a ministerial student from Gentry, Ark., Paul Leland Maxson. On November 27, 1936, they were married in the Seventh Day Baptist parsonage in Lost Creek, W.Va.
After Ruby graduated from Salem in 1938, the couple moved to Alfred, N.Y., so that Paul could attend seminary there. Upon his graduation in 1940, they moved to Berlin, N.Y., and began their ministry at the Berlin SDB Church.
The years they spent in Berlin were busy ones. In addition to helping her husband fulfill the biblical mandates of ministry, Ruby raised two daughters and taught business classes at the local high school for 35 years. Attending summer schools, she earned her Master's degree from Albany University.
Survivors include her two daughters, Eunice Barber of Petersburgh, N.Y., and Maryann Bullinger of Berlin; five grandsons, one granddaughter, and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband; two sisters, Ninnie and Thelma; and one brother, Lankford.
A memorial service was held on January 4, 2003, at the Berlin SDB Church. Interment was private.
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 225, No 4, p 25, Apr., 2003.
Ruby Clace (Harbert) Maxson, 84, of Berlin, N.Y., died on December 31, 2002, at Hoosick Falls Health Center.
She was born on January 11, 1918, near Lumberport, W.Va., the youngest child of Harold Alfred and Phoebe Jane (Heldreth) Harbert. She graduated from Lumberport’s high school in 1934 and, at her elder sister's urging, enrolled at Salem (W.Va.) College. Ruby was the only one in her immediate family to go to college.
Since her family was quite poor, she had to finance her own education by taking on a variety of jobs. These ranged from working as a secretary for the college's president, to doing laundry for a local family.
While at college, Ruby met the man who was to become her husband, a ministerial student from Gentry, Ark., Paul Leland Maxson. On November 27, 1936, they were married in the Seventh Day Baptist parsonage in Lost Creek, W.Va.
After Ruby graduated from Salem in 1938, the couple moved to Alfred, N.Y., so that Paul could attend seminary there. Upon his graduation in 1940, they moved to Berlin, N.Y., and began their ministry at the Berlin SDB Church.
The years they spent in Berlin were busy ones. In addition to helping her husband fulfill the biblical mandates of ministry, Ruby raised two daughters and taught business classes at the local high school for 35 years. Attending summer schools, she earned her Master's degree from Albany University.
Survivors include her two daughters, Eunice Barber of Petersburgh, N.Y., and Maryann Bullinger of Berlin; five grandsons, one granddaughter, and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband; two sisters, Ninnie and Thelma; and one brother, Lankford.
A memorial service was held on January 4, 2003, at the Berlin SDB Church. Interment was private.
Ruby Clace (Harbert) Maxson, 84, of Berlin, N.Y., died on December 31, 2002, at Hoosick Falls Health Center.
She was born on January 11, 1918, near Lumberport, W.Va., the youngest child of Harold Alfred and Phoebe Jane (Heldreth) Harbert. She graduated from Lumberport’s high school in 1934 and, at her elder sister's urging, enrolled at Salem (W.Va.) College. Ruby was the only one in her immediate family to go to college.
Since her family was quite poor, she had to finance her own education by taking on a variety of jobs. These ranged from working as a secretary for the college's president, to doing laundry for a local family.
While at college, Ruby met the man who was to become her husband, a ministerial student from Gentry, Ark., Paul Leland Maxson. On November 27, 1936, they were married in the Seventh Day Baptist parsonage in Lost Creek, W.Va.
After Ruby graduated from Salem in 1938, the couple moved to Alfred, N.Y., so that Paul could attend seminary there. Upon his graduation in 1940, they moved to Berlin, N.Y., and began their ministry at the Berlin SDB Church.
The years they spent in Berlin were busy ones. In addition to helping her husband fulfill the biblical mandates of ministry, Ruby raised two daughters and taught business classes at the local high school for 35 years. Attending summer schools, she earned her Master's degree from Albany University.
Survivors include her two daughters, Eunice Barber of Petersburgh, N.Y., and Maryann Bullinger of Berlin; five grandsons, one granddaughter, and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband; two sisters, Ninnie and Thelma; and one brother, Lankford.
A memorial service was held on January 4, 2003, at the Berlin SDB Church. Interment was private.
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