Macedonia, Iowa, October 23 -- The funeral of Miss RUBY SMITH, who died in New York on the eve of her departure for overseas Red Cross work was held here Monday.

Miss Smith was born in Grove Township, Pottawattamie County, January 19, 1888, and died in the Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, October 16, 1918, aged 30 years. She grew to womanhood in this vicinity and graduated from the Macedonia High School in the class of 1906. She taught in the schools of this county and later attended Lincoln Business College, Lincoln, Nebraska, from which she graduated in 1910. She then entered the employ of the Lincoln Grain Company and when this firm went out of business she accepted a position with the Adams-White Grain Company of the Omaha Grain Exchange with whom she remained until she enlisted in Red Cross war work. She was faithful and capable in her chosen work and enjoyed an enviable popularity among those with whom she was associated in business relations.

Miss Smith enlisted in the clerical department of the Red Cross in June and receiving her call was on the way to her active work overseas when disease overtook her. She was a member of Macedonia Chapter No. 476, Order of the Eastern Star and of the Macedonia Presbyterian Church. She was active in church and Red Cross work. The entire community is profoundly moved by her early death and sincerely sympathize with the stricken family.

She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Smith; her aged grandmother, Mrs. Mary Smith; three sisters, Mrs. Lois Dye, Mrs. Lottie Braden, Miss Violet Smith; four brothers, Ralph Smith, W. Dart Smith, Fifty-Fifth Company, Fourteenth Battalion, 163rd Brigade, Camp Dodge; Leroy K. Smith, Company H, Fourth Engineers Training Regiment, Camp Humphreys, Virginia and Lyle Smith. Besides the brothers a brother-in-law, W. Dye, Jr., is enlisted in the aviation service and is now in training at Portfield, Fort Sill, Oklahoma. She is also survived by: a devoted niece, little Phyllis Lee Dye.

On account of the board of health regulations no public funeral was possible, but a large number of friends gathered on the lawn at the home and a very impressive outdoor service was held. The casket was covered with the American flag and numerous beautiful floral offerings.

The pallbearers, all members of the Omaha Grain Exchange, were: J.M. Adams, Joseph White, Gay W. Miller, E.E. Huntley, Charles A. Carey, Merl H. Howard. The remains were tenderly laid to rest in the beautiful cemetery east of town.