Mrs. Ruby Taylor Farquhar

Ruby Louise Taylor Farquhar, 88, of Chateaugay, New York, died Wednesday February 25th, 2015 at Westside Regional Hospital. Born in Ormstown, Quebec June 18, 1926, she was the daughter of John Wanes and Olive Rodger Taylor. She was a graduate of Ormstown High School and a graduate of McGill University with a teaching certification. Ruby taught in Ormstown Elementary for one year. On June 22, 1946, she was united in marriage to Robert L. Farquhar at St. James Church in Ormstown. He predeceased her in June 1960. She and her husband owned and operated a dairy farm on the Earlville Rd. in Chateaugay, New York until her husband's death, then she moved to the Village of Chateaugay in 1961. After her husband Robert's death, Ruby worked for the Chateaugay National Bank before working for Franklin County Social Services for twenty plus years before her retirement. After retirement she helped her older neighbors and her sister Eleanor, as well as being a very active member of the Chateaugay United Methodist Church and United Methodist Women's groups for more than fifty years. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, John Farquhar and his wife Mary, of Plantation, Florida, three nephews, Barry Smith and his wife Pamela of Malone, New York, Bill Hope and his wife Heather of Bayfield, Ontario, Canada and Robert Hope and his longtime friend Magali of St. Anicet, Quebec, Canada. She is also survived by many great nieces and great nephews as well as many cousins and friends. She was predeceased by her sister, Eleanor Taylor Smith, a brother John Albert and a sister Isabelle. The family will receive friends and family at the TM Ralph Funeral Home at 7001 NW 4th Street in Plantation on Saturday March 7, from 2 to 4 p.m. with a Celebration of Life Service at 4:00 p.m. There will be a visitation for Ruby at the Chateaugay Funeral Home from 4 to 7 p.m. on Friday May 22nd, 2015 and from 12 to 1 p.m. on Saturday May 23rd at the Chateaugay United Methodist Church prior to her funeral at 1:00 p.m. at the Chateaugay United Methodist Church, followed by internment at Eastside Cemetery in Chateaugay. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in memory of Ruby Farquhar to the Chateaugay United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 914, Chateaugay, New York 12920.

Mrs. Ruby Taylor Farquhar

June 18, 1926 - February 25, 2015