Elizabeth Parry Ruby;84;of Baptist Homes Nursing Center;Castle Shannon and formerly of May Street;Belle Vernon;died Monday;Oct.28;1996;at 11:55 a.m.in St.Clair Memorial Hospital;Mt.Lebanon. She was born July 17;1912;in Belle Vernon;a daughter of the late John and Rosanna Rhoades Parry. Mrs.Ruby had been a resident of the Baptist Home for the past two years and had previously lived in Belle Vernon. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Belle Vernon and the Belle Vernon Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 196;where she had served as Worthy Matron. A graduate of West Virginia University;she received a Bachelor of Science degree in home economics. She was a retired teacher having taught at St.Sebastian Parochial School;Belle Vernon. She served on the Board of Elections in North Belle Vernon for many years. She was a former member of the Belle Vernon Women’s Club. Surviving are her husband;Stephen W.Ruby;two sons;Stephen P.Ruby of Red Hill and Daryle A.Ruby of Mt.Lebanon;six grandchildren;and seven great-grandchildren;and one sister;Ruth Shoenberger of Missouri. Friends will be received in the Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 10:30 a.m.in the funeral home with the Rev.Ross Bash;interim pastor of the First Presbyterian Church;Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Belle Vernon Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 196 will hold services Wednesday at 7 p.m.in the funeral home. The Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.