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John was born on February 3, 1910 in Broken Bow, Nebraska. Ruby McArthur was born on August 12, 1911 in Burdett, Kansas. John and Ruby were married on June 20, 1934 in Lincoln, Nebraska and resided in Lincoln the remainder of their lives.
Following graduation from the University of Nebraska College of Law in 1934 John became a prominent attorney in Lancaster County until his retirement in 1982. Besides being known for his cases he tried he also earned a reputation for providing representation of persons who lacked financial resources to hire an attorney on their own prior to the institution of a public defender system in Lancaster County in the 1960’s. John passed away in September, 1986.
After graduation from the Lincoln General Hospital School of Nursing in 1932 Ruby worked as a private duty nurse until her marriage to John in 1934. Although not engaged in the practice of nursing after her marriage she continued to keep busy in the nursing profession and related fields for the remainder of her life. She held a number of offices in local and state nursing organizations and did legislative lobbying work for the Nebraska Nurses Association both on the state and federal levels and assisted in the passage of important nursing legislation in the 1950’s and early 1960’s.
Ruby was also active in other civic endeavors in Lancaster County especially as a member of the board of the Lancaster County Workshop, the principal county organization for indigent families and individuals of Lancaster County. The responsibilities of this organization were eventually transferred to the present Good Neighbor Community Center.
At the same time Ruby also was actively involved with the local Red Cross Chapter and became its nursing services director. In the early 60’s she responded to a request by the national Red Cross to become an organizer of nursing services at various national disaster such as Hurricanes Camille and Betsy, the tornadoes in Ohio, Kentucky, Nebraska and Texas and floods in Minnesota and South Dakota. She continued that work until her retirement in the 1970’s.
Because of her extensive community work she was nominated and chosen to be the Nebraska Mother of the Year in 1976 and continued her work with the Nebraska Mother’s Committee until shortly before her death in 1993.
This memorial is made oh behalf of her six children, Suzanne, Frank, John, James, Linda and Benjamin, and their grandchildren.