Ruth Beall

Ruth Siebrecht Kuba Beall, 94, of Mountain Home, Texas, passed away peacefully on December 14, 2017, in Fredericksburg, Texas, after a long and adventurous life. Ruth was born on January 9, 1923, in San Antonio, Texas, to Hawley Robert Siebrecht and Mary Strelzick Siebrecht.\r\n \r\nRuth grew up in San Antonio and graduated from Brackenridge High School in 1940. She married Pete William Kuba of Struthers, Ohio, in 1942 at Fort Sam Houston, and they had three children, Deanne, Charlene, and Charles. As an Air Force officer's wife, Ruth traveled and lived in many places, including Hawaii, Maryland, Charleston SC, and Oslo, Norway. After Pete's death in 1959, Ruth returned to San Antonio to begin the second chapter of her life. In 1961, Ruth married Dan Elbert Beall, and they had a son Daniel. Ruth later lived in Rockport, Texas, and then relocated to Kerrville in 1982. In 1997, Ruth purchased 20 acres in Mountain Home, Texas, and settled happily into her hill country haven that was populated with deer and antelope, where she lived until recently.\r\n \r\nRuth was preceded in death by her parents, her children Charlene and Charles, and husbands Pete and Dan. She is survived by daughter Deanne Kuba Miller of Wimberley, Texas, son Daniel "Jeb" Beall and daughter-in-law Kay of Mountain Home, and her sister Marian Siebrecht Oden of Schulenberg, Texas. She also leaves behind ten grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.\r\n \r\nRuth will be laid to rest with her first husband Pete, at Fort Sam Houston Cemetery, in San Antonio, Texas. A private memorial service is planned in January.\r\n\r\nIn lieu of flowers, the family recommends memorials in Ruth's names be made to Hill Country Memorial Hospice in Fredericksburg. \r\n