Ruby Lee Nicholson, 90, Kansas City, Mo., passed away on May 11, 2015, at the New Mark Care Center in Kansas City. She had previously lived in Hamilton, Cameron, Kearney, and Liberty, Mo.

Ruby was born on May 26, 1924, in Nettleton, Mo., to Jesse and Mamie Hendrickson Wright. She had graduated in 1941 from the Nettleton high school, earned a JC Penney Scholarship and attended business school, and had worked for and retired from the Cameron Mutual Insurance Company in Cameron as an administrative assistant.

Ruby belonged to the Hamilton Baptist Church when she lived in Hamilton.

She married Clyde Ervin Nicholson on February 14, 1942, Hamilton, Mo. He preceded her in death. She was also preceded by her parents; two sons-Clyde, Jr., and Dale; 1 granddaughter-Chasity; and 7 sisters and 2 brothers.

Survivors: Children-Billy (Ruth) Nicholson, Mesa, Az; Brenda (Ron) France, Liberty, Mo.; and Earl (Kathy) Nicholson, Kansas City, Mo.; Daughter-in-law-Mary Nicholson, Kansas City, Mo.; 4 grandsons; 2 granddaughters; and numerous step-grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Funeral Service: 1 p.m., Saturday, May 16, at Bram Funeral Home, Hamilton.

Visitation: noon to 1 p.m., prior to the service, at the funeral home.

Interment: Highland Cemetery, Hamilton.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Crossroads Hospice Foundation, Kansas City, Mo.