Ruby Claudine Burton, 84, of Nederland, died Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur.  Born September 10, 1926 in Corsicana, Texas to Ruth Pearl Roach and Claude Levi Willie Sheppard, she was a resident of the Mid-County area since 1959.  Claudine served as historian for the Nederland Independent School District / PTA during the late 1960’s and early 1970’s which sparked a passion for genealogy and the preservation of historical articles and records.  The volumes of our family’s history that line the shelves of her home office are proof of her strong attention to detail and fact-finding skills.  Claudine was a Sunday school teacher, floral designer, seamstress, and avid crafter.  She was a very loving and giving woman and would have been married for sixty-eight years this December 25.

Claudine is survived by her husband, Calvin Leon Burton, of Nederland; daughters, Ruth Raedine Wood of Rosharon, Texas and Beverly Joyce Parr of Houston; a son, James Leon Burton of Temple; grandchildren, Jennifer Casey Lanphier, Jane Elizabeth Wild, Robert Dale Parr, Jr., Davie Erin Wilson, Deana Ruth Smith, Meghan Raedine Scholl; and fourteen great grandchildren.

Her funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, September 11, 2011 at Broussard’s, 505 12th Street in Nederland.  Interment will follow at Memory Gardens of Jefferson County, Nederland. A gathering of her family and friends will be from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m., Sunday, September 11, 2011, at Broussard’s.