Ruby Sue Larsen

Ruby Sue Larsen died in Beaumont on August 23, 2026. She was 82. Born on March 22, 1944, with Norwegian-American roots that shaped the table more than the flag. From the start, she treated promises like tools: keep them sharp, do not lend them lightly. She sent trays that had to be hot and kind at once. A tray ticket spindle kept allergies from becoming tragedies. Colleagues still mention a tray ticket spindle. She married William in 1966. They kept a house that stayed modest when the neighborhood did not. They raised two sons and a daughter through public schools and ordinary weather. After William died in 2019, she kept the routines that still made sense: the walk, the garden, the Sunday call. Neighbors remember someone who swept the sidewalk past the property line when weather had been unfair. She liked early mornings before the heat or the noise. She died in Beaumont, among streets she never needed to explain. The work gloves still keep the shape of a grip.