Palestine High School Alumni Association

10 / 12 / 1916  –  01 / 19 / 2004

Services for Ruby Nell Sheridan, 87, of Louisville, Colo., and formerly of San Angelo, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Glenwood Cemetery under the direction of Callaway-Allee Funeral Home of Crockett.

Mrs. Sheridan died Monday in the Balfour Cherrywood Village in Louisville.

She was born October 12, 1916, in Spring and had been living in Louisville since February 1993, previously living in San Angelo, New Mexico and Utah. She was a graduate of Sam Houston State Teachers College in Huntsville with a degree in home economics.

Mrs. Sheridan married John DuPuy “Jack” Sheridan on Aug. 31, 1939, in Palestine. She was a member of First Christian Church and the Newcomers Club in San Angelo.

She was a retired teacher and taught high school and elementary schools. “She was a woman of independence, compassion and conviction who loved her family and who inspired truth and integrity in her friends and family.”

Mrs. Sheridan was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Sheridan, in 1993; son, John Sheridan, in 1976; brother, Jimmy Cheatham of Palestine; and two sisters, Electa Cheatham Morris and Mary Grace Cheatham Tyson.

She is survived by daughter, Claire Sheridan of Boulder, Colo.; grandchildren, Shellee Sheridan Burton of Garland, Daniel Wade Proffitt of Golden, Colo., Jeremy John Sheridan of Franklin, Tenn. and Monica Claire Proffitt of Seattle, Wash.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice Care of Boulder and Broomfield Counties, 2394 Trailridge Drive East, Suite A, Lafayette, Colo., 80026-3168.

Source: Palestine Herald-Press 01-29-2004