Rueben Ray Lisenbury

RUEBEN RAY LISENBURY Memorial services for lifelong Dolores resident Rueben Ray Lisenbury will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 27 at the Summit Ridge Baptist Church. Pastors Anthony Maes and Jim Burton will officiate. A visitation has been scheduled for Thursday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Ertel Chapel. Rueben was born on June 16, 1918 in McPhee, Colo., the son of Rueben Alexander and Fanny Jane (Davis) Lisenbury. He passed away on Monday, May 22, 2006 at his home at the age of 87. On September 20, 1946, in Cortez, Rueben married the love of his life Mary Eva Branson. They would have celebrated 60 years of marriage this September. Rueben was a very vivacious person. He was a committed member of the Nazarene Church and Gideons International. Rueben had various occupations in his lifetime, farming and taxidermy were among his favorite. He was a talented musician having learned to play the violin, mandolin, and harmonica. Rueben and Eva would find time to play in a “kitchen band” and entertained many people with their wonderful music. He enjoyed vacation time spent hunting in the mountains with his family. The mountain atmosphere brought him much peace and happiness. Surviving Rueben are his wife of 59 years, Eva Lisenbury of Dolores; his daughter, Janice Ray Warkentin and husband, Gary of San Diego, Calif.; his grandchildren, Nathan Warkentin, Erin Spross and husband, Brett, Amy Smets and husband, Duane, Destry Boren, Vicki McDonald, Brent Boren, Hillery Lyen, Michelle Christiansen and husband, Kurt, Haley Lisenbury, and Lacey McDaniel; and his great-grandchildren, Lee, Logan, Alana, and Reece McDonald, and Brooklyn Spross. He was preceded in death by his parents; his children, Wanda Fay Sheldon and Richard Lee Lisenbury; and his brothers, Ernest, Raleigh, Lawrence, and Burl Lisenbury. Memorial contributions may be made in Rueben’s memory to Gideons International, P.O. Box 62, Cortez, Colorado 81321.