Hood and Parkdale how to knit over her many years as a 4-H leader. It has been said that she taught half the kids in Mt. She was an expert seamstress and quilter, and enjoyed working with fellow quilters. She became involved in all activities of her children's lives, helping with leadership in Scouts, 4-H, Campfire Girls, music and school volunteer opportunities.įor many years Ruth was involved in the Home Extension Program in the Hood River Valley, working to build active groups in the Upper Valley. She loved flowers and berry picking, and working in her gardens. No one could knead bread like Ruth, she was a wonder to watch, and along with her bread making she was skilled in almost all areas of homemaking, cooking, sewing, and food preservation. Ruth worked alongside Chow to plant fruit trees, grow potatoes while the trees were growing, and also operating the Chevron Service Station in Parkdale during the early 50's. The family began planting the orchard which would grow to become George Aubert Orchards, still operated by son, Leonard, on Highway 35 in Mt. Ruth and "Chow" had two more children, Marie and Leonard. Ruth found that as well as having a sister and family in the upper valley, she had married into a large extended family, and enthusiastically joined in the busy lives of George's parents, Paul and Marie brothers, Paul and Leslie and his sister, Helene Halliday, all living in the Mt. Hood, buying part of the original Zibe Dimmick homestead along Highway 35. The young family lived in Hermiston and The Dalles during the early part of WW II, and in 1943, they returned to Mt. Their first child, LaVelle, was born in 1937, and the family spent summers manning the fire watch tower on Lookout Mountain. Ruth and George were married in 1935 and continued working for the Forest Service. Hood native, George Aubert, who had returned to the area after attending college and was working for the Forest Service. While attending an indoor baseball game in Parkdale, Ruth met Mt. Hood, which enabled her to stay close to her family, and the land and community that she loved.Īfter her childhood in Woodburn, OR, and graduation from Hubbard High School, Ruth Coleman came to Parkdale to stay with her sister, Margaret Coleman Sigler, who had just moved to the Upper Valley with her husband Jack Sigler. The last few years she was in the loving care of Anita Allen's Foster home in Mt. As she moved into her elder years, her life was complicated by Parkinson's disease. Ruth Aubert passed away in her sleep Tuesday evening, May 19.
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