Ruby Marie Tallbird

RUBY MARIE TALLBIRD Funeral services for longtime Towaoc resident, Ruby Marie Tallbird will be held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, October 12 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at the Towaoc Cemetery. Terry Knight will be officiating. A reception will be held following the services at the Tallbird residence. A visitation has been scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. on Tuesday morning before the service at the Ertel Chapel. Ruby was born on February 15, 1934 in Shiprock, N.M. the daughter of Allen Talk, Jr. and Sarah Yazzie. She passed away on Friday, October 8, 2004 at her home in Towaoc at the age of 70. Ruby was a very traditional lady. She participated in the Native American Church, Sun Dances, and was loved and respected throughout the Indian country. Ruby enjoyed going to Pow Wow’s, was a member of the War Mother’s Society in Idaho, and the Gourd Society. Surviving Ruby are her step-son, Malcolm Tallbird of Carnegie, Okla.; her sister and brother, Louise Talk Begay and Glenn Talk, Sr. both of Towaoc. She leaves three grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren; her adopted family, Vicki Joe of Montezuma Creek, Utah, Jonathon Windyboy, and Alvin Windyboy both of Rockyboy, Mont.; as well as many adopted sons and daughters, grandsons and granddaughters. Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, Daniel Tallbird; her children, Tony Tallbird, and Thomas Joseph Tallbird; and her brother, Raymond Talk, Sr.