Ray Ruby
July 25, 1939 – Nov. 9, 2018
Ray Ruby, 79, Minot,
founder of Circle Sanita-
tion, passed away unex-
pectedly at Trinity Hospi-
tal on Friday, November
9th, 2018, with family by
his side.
Ray Glenn Ruby was
born July 25th, 1939 in
Roseau, MN to Harold and
Hilda (Niemi) Ruby. The
family moved to Stanley
in 1942 and six years later
they moved to Minot. He
attended school both in
Stanley and Minot.
In 1959, Ray enlisted in
the United States Army.
He was stationed in Saint
Jean d’Angely, France.
While stationed in France
he was deployed to
Karlsruhe, Germany to set
up communications for a
supply depot. He received
an Honorable discharge
after 3 years.
On July 25th, 1963, his
birthday, Ray was united
in marriage to his beauti-
ful bride Paulette “Paulie”
Miltenberger. They made
their home in Minot
where he was employed
by Jundt’s Westland and
later Saks News. In 1973
they moved to the rural
Minot area and in 1980,
Ray and Paulie started
Circle Sanitation. Togeth
er they ran the business,
eventually being joined by
their two sons. Through
the years Ray’s grandchil
dren also started working
with Circle Sanitation,
with four of his grandchil
dren eventually becoming
partners in the business
in 2009. Ray loved work-
ing alongside his sons and
his grandchildren. He re-
tired in 2015 but still
made a daily appearance
at the shop. He loved
watching the business
grow and enjoyed tagging
along to council meetings.
He had a very strong work
ethic which is what
helped build the business
from a one truck opera-
tion to the business it is
today.
Ray also enjoyed spend-
ing time with his family at
Strawberry Lake. He spent
hours in the boat pulling
tubers, knee boarders and
skiers. He loved to water-
ski in his younger days.
He taught many people
how to waterski and en-
joyed watching his grand-
children and great-grand-
children learn.
Ray enjoyed dancing
and before Paulie’s health
declined they could dance
all night if the right music
was playing. With Ray’s
creativity, he could easily
bring an idea he had
drawn up on a napkin or a
piece of scrap paper to
life. Ray taught his kids,
grandkids and numerous
employees to work on
various pieces of equip-
ment, welding and custo-
mer service.
His loving family in-
cludes: sons and
daughters-in-law, Dan
(Lori) Ruby and Randy
(Teresa) Ruby; grandchil-
dren, Trina (Dustin)
Holter, Paul (Amy) Ruby,
Brian (Lisa) Ruby, Joe
(Kelsey) Ruby, Jason
(Kadi) Ruby, Matt (Dana)
Ruby, Katherine Ruby
(Jared Daniels), Marissa
Ruby, Jacob Ruby, David
Ruby, Stephanie Bussiere,
Rebecca (Tony) Dean,
Daniel (Brandy) Ruby,
Angela (Blake) Bacon,
Amy Ruby, Kelsey Ruby;
23 great-grandchildren
and 2 on the way; sisters,
Ruth (Terry) Anderson
and Sharon (Dennis)
Nickel; brother, Jerry
(Elaine) Ruby; sisters-in-
law, Fran Miltenberger,
Helen Woiwode, Sheila
(Kenny) Locken and
JoAnn (Richard) Baker;
brothers-in-law, Robert
(Renee) Bachmeier and
Mark (Susan) Bachmeier;
numerous nieces,
nephews and cousins.
Ray was preceded in
death by his wife, Paulie;
parents; sisters, Irene Ell
and Sheila Ruby; brothers
Orville Ruby and Edward
Ruby; fathers-in-law, Paul
Miltenberger and Peter
Bachmeier; mother-in-
law, Florence Bachmeier;
brothers-in-law, Clyde
“Bill” Miltenberger and
Wayne Miltenberger.
Visitation: Friday, No-
vember 16, 2018 from
3:30 until 5 pm.
Vigil Prayer Service:
Friday, November 16,
2018 at 5:00 pm at the
church.
Mass of Christian Buri-
al: Saturday, November
17, 2018 at 10:00 am at St.
John the Apostle Catholic
Church, Minot.
Graveside service: Sa-
turday, November 17,
2018 at 1:00 pm Sunset
Memorial Gardens, Minot.
Those wishing to sign
an online guest register or
share a memory of Ray,
may do so at www.
thompsonlarson.com.