Ruby Lee Insell, 70 years young, passed away on Tuesday, January 14th, 2025 after a long hard fight with COPD. She lived in Azle, Texas on Eagle Mountain Lake with her husband Frank (aka Huey) and their 4 foster dogs.

Ruby was born on July 16, 1954 in Corsicana, Texas. As the oldest of four, she grew up teaching and caring for her siblings as well as numerous cousins. Ruby enjoyed spending time outdoors in East Texas as a child. She never lost her love for the outdoors. Ruby loved being out by the lake, fishing, sewing, and playing soccer. In her later years she loved to relax on the back porch, enjoy the lake and view the wildlife. Ruby was a loving wife, caring mother, selfless grandmother and a loyal and supportive friend to countless others. Her younger brother, Billy was a disabled vet who she moved in and cared for the last year of his life.

In October of 1971, she gave birth to a daughter Melissa (Lisa). She fell in love with her husband, Frank (aka Huey) while they were working together at a factory that manufactured phonograph records. The couple married on May 10, 1974. Ruby and Huey lived together in Arlington, Texas for most of their marriage where they raised their daughter Lisa. Many of those first years she was a stay-at-home mom to care for Lisa. Later Ruby worked at a printing center at Vought Aircraft, worked as a realtor and became an LVN in 1994 working at John Peter Smith hospital caring for AIDS patients. At a time when many patients were shunned by family and friends, more than once Ruby was the only person to comfort them and hear their stories at their passing. She left as a nurse when she was promoted to stay at home grandmother to Hayley in 1996. She received an additional promotion in 1998 with the arrival of Ashley.  She never missed a soccer game, basketball game or softball game if Lisa, Hayley or Ashley were involved. Ruby was a very good soccer player herself despite taking it up for the first time as an adult. She loved the game and the competition, never asking for nor giving any quarter. Many of her closest friends were teammates and those friendships continued throughout her life.

Ruby spent her free time helping family and friends any way she could. From fostering dogs at animal shelters, to volunteering as homeroom mom to support her grandchildren in school. She was a loyal and supportive friend to all. Ruby was known as a selfless caregiver and teacher by everyone around her.

Ruby is survived by her beloved husband, Frank (Huey) Insell, her daughter, Melissa (Lisa) Lee; grandchildren, Hayley Dyer and Ashley Dyer; nieces, April Babovec, Crystal Boite; and nephews, Josh Hays, Billy Wayne Hays, John Hays Jr., Vincent Fagan and Joseph Fagan. Preceding her in death were brothers, Billy Hays, John Wayne Hays; sister, Elizabeth Fagan; and her mother, Haneva Robinson Simmons.