Ruby Lee Dilley, age 92, of Billings, MO, passed away Friday January 13, 2012, at St. John’s Medical Center. She was born February 21, 1919, in Springfield, MO, to Howard and Audie (Finkbiner) Williams. Ruby was united in marriage to Roy William Dilley on January 24, 1943 in Springfield, Missouri. Ruby enjoyed gardening, collecting bears and snowmen, but her greatest love was her children and grandchildren .
She was preceded in death by her husband , Roy William Dilley; parents, Howard and Audie Williams; one grandson , Brent McDaniel; a great – grandson, Evan Dean Ortiz; two sisters; and a son – in – law Richard Whitman. She is survived by her three daughters, Janice Durham and husband John of Perryton TX, Diana Lee Montez of Billings, and Sherry Lynn Whitman of Billings; five grandchildren; ten great – grandchildren; one great – great – granddaughter; and a host of friends and family.
Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, January 16, 2012 at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Springfield, MO with Rev. Cecil Tolbert officiating. Services have been entrusted to Greenlawn Funeral Home North, Springfield, MO. Online condolences may be made at www.greenlawnfuneralhome.com.