The sweep of family history across the generations
Two of the Ruby offspring went back to Israel for significant periods.
Isetta Stetson descended from early Massachusetts colonists, going all the way back to the Mayflower on one side. Nine generations later, her midwestern parents still upheld Yankee values
Stan maintained correspondence with his closest high school and Army buddies, several of whom went on to prominent careers.
Helga expressed a commitment to liberal values in her lifelong work for the League of Women Voters.
In 1955, Helga led a committee of parents to open a preschool in Vestal.
Mel accomplished many things in life, but his life’s greatest moments happened during the Battle of the Bulge
Stanley Ruby entered the public debate over nuclear missile technology in 1968-69.