Elmer Eugene Gene"" Truby

Elmer Eugene "Gene" Truby, 63, also known as "Pokey" to family and friends, passed from this life Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009, at the VA medical center in Albuquerque, after a long, courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Gene was born June 23, 1946, to Robert "Elmer" Truby and Leota "Marie" Truby. He grew up in La Plata and was active in 4-H and FFA. He graduated from Farmington High School in 1964 and was later drafted into the Army in February 1966 where he spent one year of his two-year hitch in Vietnam serving his country. He earned several honors and medals, including a Purple Heart. Gene and his wife, Ruth, were introduced by Butch and Marie Green and married on April 15, 1983, in Aztec. Gene retired from El Paso Field Services in 2003, after 35 years. Gene had a wonderful outlook on life. He loved traveling, camping and his Harley-Davidson motorcycle and being with family. He had a large blended family that he loved very much. Gene and Ruth spent their time enjoying life, each other and doing all the things they loved. Gene was a very special man and was respected and loved by many, including his wonderful doctors and nurses at the VA medical center in Albuquerque. He was preceded in death by his father, Elmer Truby, in 2004. He is survived by the love of his life, his wife, Ruth, and his mother, Marie Truby, both of La Plata; daughter, Krista Truby and fiance, Tater Smith; four sons, Tyler Truby of Farmington and his wife, Shawna, of Phoenix, Dustin Titus and wife, Riva, of Farmington, Michael Titus and fiancee, Heather Kelly, of La Plata and Gary Titus of Farmington; seven granddaughters, Tanisha Friend of Farmington, Andrea Friend of Bloomfield, Sierra Titus of La Plata, Melissa Chandler of Delta, Colo., Kaleigh, Karissa, and Kaitlyan Truby of Phoenix; one great-granddaughter, Jasmin Ollis of Farmington; three grandsons, Rusty Smith of Bloomfield, Andrew Grants and David Weeks of Farmington. He also has many aunts and uncles, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews. Brewer, Lee and Larkin Funeral Home 103 East Ute Street Farmington, New Mexico 87401 (505) 325-8688