Ruby Faye Parsley

1934 - 2025

BORN

1934

DIED

2025

Ruby Parsley Obituary

Name: Celebration of Life for Ruby Faye Parsley
Start: 2025-08-07T13:00:00.000Z
Location: Creekside Christian Church

Ruby Faye Parsley, 90, passed away peacefully, with family at her side on June 24th, 2025 in Elk Grove, CA. She was born in Appleton, Arkansas on December 17th, 1934. After a childhood in the Ozark's of Arkansas, she settled in Elk Grove in 1963 with her husband of fifty years, Samuel S Parsley. Together they raised two children, Chad James Parsley, and Ruby Chareen (Chari) Sketchley. Ruby worked in the library at Elk Grove High School for 25 years until her retirement in 1994. She loved to travel within the US, but she also visited the UK, Switzerland, Germany, France, Austria, Mexico, Jamaica, and Africa. Volunteering was an important part of Ruby's Christian faith, and she did so in Cameroon, and nearer to home as a den mother for the Boy Scouts, a church camp counsellor, a Sunday school teacher, and as her neighborhood watch coordinator. For the latter, she was honored by the Mayor in 2014 with a Volunteer of the Year award. Ruby is preceded in death by her spouse, as well as seven of her ten siblings. She is survived by her siblings James Melton, Ann Fox, and Mary Jo Williams, as well as her children, grandchildren - Alexandra, Clementine, and Henry, nieces, nephews, and cousins. Ruby was joyous and touched the lives of all who knew her.
Please join family and friends for a Celebration of Life, with reception following, on August 7th, at 1pm, at Creekside Christian Church, 8939 E. Stockton Blvd, Elk Grove, CA 95624. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the American Library Association at ecala.org/donate or the Alzheimer's Association at https://www.alz.org/norcal Special thanks to Mainline Care Home, Freedom Hospice, and East Lawn EG, for their kindness. For a more detailed obituary, go to https://obits.eastlawn.com/ruby-parsley

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Published by Elk Grove Citizen on Jul. 25, 2025.

Memories and Condolences
for Ruby Parsley

8 Entries

Ruby (Chari) Sketchley

August 8, 2025

We celebrated your life in a beautiful way yesterday, mama. So many people came out to say their goodbyes and tell us how much you meant to them. We miss you and love you xxx

Erik Tessier

August 7, 2025

We am very sorry for your loss. Time will help your healing process. Hang on in there.

Lyla Haflich

August 7, 2025

Ruby was so much more than a neighbor and family friend. She was there when my mother in-law was a little girl, when my in-laws married, when my husband was born, when my husband and I married and when all three of my children were born which is why she is known as Grandma Ruby. Ruby was so special and she knew I´ve always considered her to be my idol as I often told her that I want to be just like her when I grow up. She will forever be deeply missed and may she now rest in peace with Grandpa Sam xoxo

Jim Curtis & Lisa Jones

August 7, 2025

She was the best neighbor! Such a sweet lady.

Tammy Melton

August 7, 2025

Our deepest condolences to the family. Aunt Ruby will be missed as well as her creative parties. With love, Mike, Tammy and Kids

Annie Roloff

August 7, 2025

So sorry for the loss of your Mom. Such a sweet lady. Glad she is at peace.

Beth

August 3, 2025

Steven, Beth, Chris, Aunt Ruby, Joshua, and Granny Jane

Beth

August 3, 2025

I loved Aunt Ruby´s smile, her warm welcome, and her amazing stories. I always looked forward to our visits. I remember Aunt Ruby hosting the best family parties!

She always asked about me, my husband, and my kids, how everyone was doing, and about the specifics she knew about our/their lives. She asked about my horses, the specific sports the kids were in, how their college experience was going, and what they did for work as they grew older. I loved hearing the stories she shared of growing up with her siblings in Arkansas. She liked to share the shenanigans my Pops and his brothers would pull! She shared it with such joy and fond memories that you could feel the love she had for her family, her children, her grandchildren, and those around her.

I loved that Aunt Ruby would comment on my Facebook posts with a story of her own and how she related to my experience. If it was a horse post, she shared about their horse growing up, if it was my kids or family getting together, she shared a story about a family get together.

No matter how much time went between visits, it always felt like I had seen her yesterday.

Her faith was never ceasing and she showed Jesus´s love through her interactions with others.

I know there was a big celebration in heaven when Aunt Ruby arrived home to be with Jesus.

Aunt Ruby has always been and will always be one of my favorite people.

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