Ruby Fern Kagarice, 91, of Harrisonville, Missouri, passed away on Friday, August 8, 2025 at her home in Harrisonville. Funeral services were held  on Sunday, August 17, 2025 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville. Burial  in Orient Cemetery, Harrisonville, Missouri. Memorial contributions or flowers may be sent in care of the Funeral Home.

Ruby was born on March 24, 1934, in Belton, MO, a daughter of William B. and Elsie Ola (Frazee) Nelson. She spent her early years in the Belton area and had lived in Harrisonville for over seventy-five years. Ruby was a 1953 graduate of Harrisonville High School.

Ruby was united in marriage to Donald Lee Kagarice on June 23, 1953, in Harrisonville. She was baptized at an early age in a Christian Church and later baptized in the Baptist Church. Ruby had a few jobs in Harrisonville, but was mostly a homemaker, staying at home and taking care of her family.

Ruby was preceded in death by her husband, Don, on July 23, 1991; her parents; an infant brother; and two half-sisters, Juanita and Georgia. Ruby is survived by her son, Steve Kagarice, of Harrisonville; her daughter, Shana Cowan, of Harrisonville; four grandchildren: Skyla (Matt) Wray, Ricky (Jaimee) Cowan, Janelle Cowan, and Brian (Malissa) Kagarice; ten great-grandchildren: Colby, Tanner, Kelcey, Ashton, Maycee, Lilley, Gavin, Jackson, Avery, and Kennedy; and two great-great-grandchildren, Camden and Cayson.