Ruby Pearl Pitzer, 80, passed away September 2, 2019, at Advent Health Care Center in San Marcos. A Celebration of Life will be held at 3:00 PM, Friday, September 13, 2019, at The First Presbyterian Church of San Marcos at 410 W. Hutchison Street. Reverends Joshua and Amy Sutherlun will officiate the service. Honorary Pallbearers will be Don Rains, Joe Calaway, Jason Harmer, Joshua Harmer, Bob Fischer and Michael Ivy.
Mrs. Pitzer was born February 19, 1939, in Howard County, Texas, to Lawrence and Flossie Gilmore. She was one of 5 children, and is preceded in death by her brothers Richard and Melvin, her sister Patsy, her beloved brother in law Raymon Knox Pitzer, and sister in law Mary Pitzer. She graduated from Coahoma High School in 1957 and attended Howard County College, where she studied accounting.
While in college, Ruby worked as a cashier at Piggly Wiggly in Big Spring, where she met her co-worker, soon to be husband of 56 years, Preston Kenneth Pitzer. Shortly after marriage, the couple moved to Houston, Texas where she worked as Assistant Treasurer for the Houston Texas Fire Fighters Federal Credit Union. In 1966, they moved to Anchorage, Alaska where she worked as a secretary for the Arctic Health Research Laboratory.
