LAS ANIMAS, COLORADO – Rubena Eva Newland, 93, of Las Animas, Colorado, former longtime resident of Larned, Kansas, and later Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, died Tuesday, February 1, 2011, in Las Animas, Colorado.

She was born November 11, 1917, in Beaver County, Oklahoma, to parents Fred F. and Eva (Balzer) Just. She was united in marriage to Arthur Harms September 14, 1940. After his death in 1982, she was later married to Albert Newland June 5, 1997 in Larned, Kansas. After his death in 2005, she moved to Las Animas, Colorado to make her home.

Rubena worked several years as a secretary in the Soil Conservation Service in Kansas. She was a member of the United Methodist Church in both Larned, Kansas and later Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

She is survived by four children: Betty Ann (Bob) Tanner of Oriskany, New York
Gwen Elaine (Dennis) Duft of Indianapolis, Indiana
Stanley Arthur (Barbara) Harms of Hesston, Kansas
Lois Eileen (Alan) Stump of Las Animas, Colorado

16 grandchildren 30 great-grandchildren

1 sister, Lillian (Andy) Harms of Moundridge, Kansas

Rubena is preceded in death by her mother, when she was 1, her father and two infant daughters.

Graveside services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, February 4, 2011, at the Countryside Bible Church Cemetery, rural Meade, Kansas.