Ruby Haag Obituary

Scan10623, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. Ruby Haag Brown Graveside services for Ruby Haag Brown age 96 will be held , Tuesday August 26th at 1:00 PM at Brownstown Fairview Cemetery in Indiana. Ms Brown was the daughter of the late Charles William Fisher and Ruth Eleanor Gregory. She was a native of Brownstown, Indiana and traveled with the circus for 50 years, lived 20 years in Donna, Texas and spent her last 2 years in Dublin, Georgia with family. She enjoyed the circus life and performed for many shows including: The Mighty Haag Shows, Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey, the Circus Hall of Fame and many Shrine Circuses. Her talents included aerial acts like the Loop Walk and Spanish Web. She was famous for for being carried in Alice the elephant's mouth by her leg. She will also be fondly remembered by her fans for "Miss Ruby's Dogs". She was a lifetime member of the Order Of The Eastern Star #29 in Royal Center, Indiana. Survivors include her son Harry Eugene Haag Jr., (Patricia) of Dublin, Georgia, 10 grandchildren and many great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Fred Leo Brown of 43 years and Harry Eugene Haag Senior of 29 years; son Charles Ernest Haag; daughter Naomi Ruth Haag; sisters Josephine Silverlake and Sarah and Evelyn Fisher and brother Arthur Gregory Fisher.