Ruby E. Chambers, 82, of Hiawatha, passed away peacefully Saturday morning, April 8, 2023, with family by her side at the home of her daughter’s in St. Joseph, Missouri.
Ruby was born near White Cloud on the Iowa Reservation, September 7, 1940, one of four children born to Henry and Mary Louise White Cloud Rhodd and has lived in the northeast Kansas where she attended country school near White Cloud. Ruby spent most of her working years in factories in St. Joseph and Kansas City. That being said, she was a homemaker, dedicated to caring for her husband and children.
Mrs. Chambers was a member of the Iowa Tribe of Northeast Kansas-Southeast Nebraska.
She married Eldon “Jim” Chambers in December 1956. They were married nearly sixty years before his death December 11, 2014. Ruby was also preceded in death by her parents, a granddaughter Tonya, brother James White Cloud Rhodd, two sisters: Doris Bailey and Regina Jensen. She was a direct descendent of Chief White Cloud of the Ioway Tribe and sister to Jimmy Rhodd, their last tribal chief.
Survivors include two daughters: Chambers, Starr Evans; two brothers: James Chambers and Larry Chambers; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren. Also surviving are several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at Chapel Oaks Funeral Home, Hiawatha after 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Friday. Family and friends will gather for visitation and Drum Services at the George Ogden Building on the Iowa Reservation, after 6.p. m Friday.
A Celebration of Ruby’s life is planned for 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 15, at the George Ogden Building with Tim Barnett officiating. Interment will follow at the Partlow Cemetery on the Reservation.
