Ruby Lee Hawk Duletsky (June 14, 1931-Dec. 28, 2009)
John Duletsky passed away on Dec. 28, 2009 in Grand Junction, CO.
John’s wife of 58 years, Ruby Lee Hawk Duletsky, followed him in death less than five hours later at 11:47 p.m., also in Grand Junction. John was 83 years old, Ruby was 78 years old.
John was born on Aug. 13, 1926 in Detroit, MI. Ruby was born on June 14, 1931 (“June the flag day”) in Martin County, Texas (near Ackerly). They were married on Sept. 28, 1951 in the Socorro Church of Christ.
John & Ruby are survived by their three children: Sam Duletsky of Grand Junction, CO; W. Luanne Sterner and her husband Tom Sterner of Leavenworth, KS; and J. Mark Duletsky of Casper, WY. They are also survived by five grandchildren: Anna and Alex Duletsky; Dana and Sam Sterner; and by Bailee Jo Hansen.
John was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and two sisters.
Ruby was preceded in death by her parents (Miller and Olive Hawk, of Lemitar, NM), by two brothers: Albert Miller Hawk, Jr. (Jack), PFC USAAC, kia on 7 SEP 1944 off the West coast of Mindinao, PI ; by William Robert Hawk who died of typhoid fever in 1938 and is buried in the Tres Lagunas cemetery north of Pie Town, NM.; and by one sister, Neva Nelle Hawk Cook Sullivan, who is buried in Belen, NM. Two sisters survive; Shirley Hawk Bailey and her husband Richard K. of Socorro, NM, and M. Luwilda (Lukie) Hawk Fletcher and her husband William S. of Olathe, CO.
John and his siblings (2 brothers, 2 sisters, plus one child who died in infancy) were 1st generation Americans. Their father had been an officer in a Cossack regiment in the Czar’s army prior to emigrating to America before World War I. [ The father could reportedly pick up a handkerchief from the ground with his teeth while riding at a full gallop! ]
John enlisted in the U.S. Navy with parental consent when he was 17 years old and spent the last ~2 years of WWII on active duty as an Aviation Machinist Mate/Aerial Gunner. [John’s older brother, Paul, (also an alumnus of NMSM) was a B-17 pilot in the USAAC in WWII.]
John transferred to the New Mexico School of Mines (now New Mexico Tech) from the Lawrence Institute of Technology in Highland Park, MI, and graduated in 1952 with a BS degree in Petroleum Engineering. He worked in the “oil patch” for several years in Texas and in Venezuela (Lake Maracaibo). After returning from Venezuela he was employed by the United States Geological Survey in several western states. He transferred to the USGS headquarters in Reston, Va. in 1971, and internally moved to DOI national headquarters in Washington, D.C. Prior to his retirement from the USGS/BLM, John was active in helping to generate many of the on-shore procedures and regulations concerning oil and gas development still in use by the USBLM. After his retirement, John was active in the training of BLM Fluid Minerals Group personnel across the country in the interpretation and enforcement of on-shore orders pertaining to continental oil and gas exploration, development, and production. He often acted in a liaison capacity between the USBLM and Congress. He was honored as a Distinguished Alumnus by NMIMT in 1985. John was an avid golfer during his retirement years and always enjoyed working on various projects around the house. Ruby was a mother and homemaker while the children were growing up. Later she enjoyed several trips to Europe and to Hawaii when her daughter’s career-Army husband was stationed in Germany and Hawaii. Later she became a licensed realtor in Virginia for a number of years.
John and Ruby are deeply missed by their family and many friends.
Memorial services for both have not yet been finalized.
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