Ruby C. Paulson, age 79, of Odebolt, Iowa, passed away on Friday, October 5, 2007, at the Odebolt Nursing and Rehab Center.

Funeral services for Ruby will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, October 8th, at the Trinity Luthearn Church in Odebolt with Pastor Albert Buelow officiating. Burial will be at the Odebolt Cemetery under the direction of the Farber & Otteman Funeral Home.

Friends and family may call at the funeral home in Odebolt from 4:00-8:00 p.m., Sunday, October 7th, where the family will be present.

Ruby was born on June 18, 1928, to John and Carrie (Sinning) Lamaak at Herring, Iowa, where she grew up and received her education in the country school near Herring. She was baptized at Wheatland Presbyterian as an infant and confirmed at Peace Lutheran Church in Wall Lake. On June 29, 1946, Ruby was united in marriage at Peace Lutheran Church in Wall Lake to Wesley Arthur Paulson. They made their home on a farm near Odebolt, where they raised their three children, Carol, Thomas, and Donna. Ruby moved into Odebolt after Wesley passed away in 1987.

Ruby was a devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. She loved spending time with her family, cooking and baking many favorite treats for her grandchildren, making beautiful quilts, and working on cross word puzzles. She worked at the Venture Inn at Odebolt as a cook’s assistant and was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Odebolt.

Those left to cherish her memory include her children: Carol and her husband Lloyd Schramm of Arthur, Iowa; Thomas and his wife Diane of Odebolt; and Donna Maschoff and her fiancé Al Matson of Crystal Lake, Iowa; seven grandchildren: Amy (Roger) Lansink of Odebolt, Alan (Brenda) Schramm of Denison, Joann Paulson of Omaha, Jeanette (Jeff) Wulf of Odebolt, Jeffrey Paulson of Sioux City, Jennifer Paulson of Sioux City, and Sara (Cory) Essick of Ames; and her seven great-grandchildren: Derek, Leighton, Ryan, and Janae Lansink, Brandon and Tanner Schramm, and Jayston Youngren. Other survivors include her brothers and sisters: Annabelle Craig of Anthon, Violet Werkmeister of Early, Donald (Marcia) Lamaak of Early, Jack (Audrey) Lamaak of Wall Lake, Virgil Lamaak of Odebolt, Orville (Carol) Lamaak of Denison, and Geraldine Lamaak of Wall lake; many nieces, nephews, and extended family members and friends.

Ruby was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Wesley on February 22, 1987; brothers, Marvin and Cecil Lamaak; brother-in-law, Walt Craig, and parents-in-law, Arthur and Nellie Paulson.