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Illa Fay Rybin, 89, of Ord passed away Thursday, February 20, 2020, at the Valley View Senior Village in Ord.
Graveside Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, February 24, 2020, at the Ord City Cemetery. Reverend Stefanie Hayes will officiate. Burial will be in the Ord City Cemetery. A visitation will be held on Monday from 9:00 a.m. until service time at the Ord Memorial Chapel. Ord Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Illa Fay was born August 13, 1930, in the rural area of Ord, Nebraska to Lewis and Della (Berely) Jobst. She attended Brace school near Ord and graduated from Ord High School in 1948, where she was a member of the band.
Illa Fay received her normal training and taught school until 1951. On June 20, 1951, she was united in marriage to Marvin J. Rybin at the First United Methodist Church in Ord, Nebraska. The couple made their first home on Marvin’s family farm west of Ord. In 1956, they moved to Southern California. Illa Fay worked for Anaheim Credit Bureau and as a dispatcher for a trucking company.
Upon Marvin’s job transfer in 1976, they relocated to Longview, Washington. While in Washington, Illa Fay volunteered as a tutor at a local school for many years. In 1997, the couple returned to Ord.
Illa Fay did a lot of sewing and crafts and enjoyed having a table at the local craft shows. She was a member of the Ord First United Methodist Church, the Foresters, Ladies of the Elks and Elks RV Club. Marvin and Illa Fay enjoyed traveling in the RV; camping and fishing with the club; and cruising to Alaska and Hawaii.
Survivors include nephews, Art Rybin and Marsha, Alan Weaver, Monte Weaver and Arlene, Dean Weaver and Angie.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and her husband, Marvin who passed away on February 15, 2017.
