Ruby Belle McCaslin, 86, Coffeyville, formerly of Chanute, died Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011 at the Windsor Place Nursing Home in Coffeyville.

Ruby was born in Oklahoma on Jan, 25, 1925, the daughter of Oliver Ross and Bessie Winston Dawson. She attended schools in Oklahoma.

She was united in marriage to Max L. McCaslin on Jan. 16, 1944 at McCune. He preceded her in death in February of 1999.

She was a homemaker.

Ruby is survived by a daughter, Jewel Ware and her husband,, Carl, New Strawn; two grandchildren, Jeff Ware, Olathe, and Matt Ware and his wife, Nicki, Prairie Village; great-grandchildren, Stevie Bulger, Webb City, Mo.,, Keifer Ware, Olathe, and Marlee Ware, Prairie Village; great-great-grandchildren Landen Ware and Emmie Bulger, both of Webb City, Mo.; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Oliver and Bessie Dawson, her husband, Max McCaslin, a grandson, Steven Ware, a grand-daughter-in-law, Diana Ritz-Ware, six brothers and two sisters.

Funeral will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Penwell-Gabel Gibson Chapel in Chanute. Burial will follow at the Memorial Park Cemetery.

The family will receive friends on Wednesday from 1 p.m. until service time at the funeral home.

Memorials in her name may be made to the American Cancer Society, The American Diabetes Association or The American Kidney Foundation and may be left with the funeral home.

To leave a special message for the family on-line, visit www.PenwellGabelChanute.com