Ruby Elaine QUARTERMAN Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Ruby Elaine Quarterman, 85, died Tuesday, Dec. 17 at home in St. Charles, Mo. A celebration of her life will be held on Saturday, Dec. 28, at 10 a.m., at Trinity Episcopal Church in St. Charles, and all who knew her and want to share in her memorial are invited to attend. A reception will follow. Another tribute will be held in Wyoming in 2020. Ruby was born on Sept. 29, 1934, in Clay Center, Kansas, to Ross and Helen Schaulis. She grew up in Clay Center, graduating from Clay Center High School. Ruby spent time in Australia on an arts scholarship, she traveled to Japan and most of the United States in her lifetime. She obtained a bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas before marrying George Henry Quarterman, Jr., on August 19, 1958, in Clay Center. George and Ruby lived in Hawaii and then California, where Ruby taught elementary school and their daughter, Emily, was born. They moved to Idaho, where daughter Carolyn was born, and in 1966, they relocated to Laramie, Wyoming, where Ruby completed her Master’s in Fine Arts degree at the University of Wyoming and taught art at University Prep. In 1976, the family moved to Missouri. Ruby was an art teacher at Francis Howell High School from 1978 until she retired in 1996. Ruby and George returned often to Wyoming for visits both to the landscape and friends while living in Missouri. After George’s death in August 1993, Ruby designed and built on her own a "shoebox” summer cabin in 2003 where she loved hosting guests, sharing her out-of-doors, her Wyoming wildlife and maybe an enchilada, dish of curry or a quiche. Ruby was independent and determined, maintaining her properties in Missouri and Wyoming with enthusiasm, relishing “any excuse to be outside.” She was an avid walker and wildlife advocate, keeping watch for the deer and foxes who visited her Wyoming property, and birds who visited her homes in Missouri and Wyoming. She explored and produced fine prints and photos as a graduate student at UW and helped many other artists with perfectly matting, framing, and displaying their works of art. Ruby frequented shows at the St. Louis and University of Wyoming art museums and The Foundry in St. Charles. While not actively creating works of art in her later years, she continued to decorate her environment with beloved pieces she collected from and by the artists she cared mostly deeply about. Ruby volunteered to help others throughout her life, generously donating her time and money to organizations she believed in, wherever she lived. She was an active member of Trinity Episcopal Church in St. Charles. Ruby also believed strongly in keeping an active mind, faithfully attending St. Louis Symphony Classical Series concerts and Lifelong Learning classes at Washington University every Fall and Spring. She loved time with friends and visited with as many people as she could in person and on the telephone. She wrote letters, sent cards, and answered every email. She reconnected often with people she had crossed paths within earlier years and loved being introduced to new friends along the way. Ruby was preceded in death by her husband, George, parents Ross and Helen, sister Audrey and brother Berkley. She is survived by her daughters Emily (Lonnie) Genoff, and Carolyn Quarterman (Jack Threadgill), grandson Sam Genoff, nephews John Keeling (Colin Schramm), David (Melinda) Keeling, David (Jenn) Quarterman, Steve Quarterman (Suzy Oversee), and Ross (Dawn) Schaulis, nieces Lisa Schaulis and Adria Williams, sister-in-law Gilli Quarterman, and dear friend Jerry Looper. Memorials in lieu of flowers would be appreciated and can be made to the Laramie Downtown Clinic, 611 S. 2nd St., Laramie, WY 82070, or the Trinity Episcopal Church Memorial Garden, 318 S. Duchesne Dr., St. Charles, MO 63301.

Ruby Elaine QUARTERMAN

September 29, 1934 - December 17, 2019