Ruby Hale Field; Heiress, Philanthropist
Ruby Hale Field, 100, philanthropist who aided libraries and landscaping efforts. Born in San Jose, she earned a degree in English and journalism at Stanford University before her marriage to Oliver C. Field. The young couple moved to Belmont Heights in Long Beach, where he was a founder of Chevron Oil Co. The couple later became among the earliest residents of Palos Verdes Estates. Field died in the ocean-view home where she had lived for 70 years. An heiress to the Broadway department store family, she devoted her fortune and energy to financing library institutions and to preserving old-specimen trees and plants. Her five-acre oceanside estate will become a museum for the study and preservation of native plants and animals. On May 2 in Palos Verdes Estates.
For the record:
12:00 a.m. May 28, 1998 For the Record
Los Angeles Times Thursday May 28, 1998 Home Edition Metro Part B Page 10 Metro Desk 3 inches; 94 words Type of Material: Correction
Ruby Hale Field--An obituary on Ruby Hale Field in the May 12 editions of The Times incorrectly stated that her late husband, Oliver C. Field, had been a founder of Chevron Oil Co. The Long Beach oilman founded the O.C. Field Gasoline Corp. The obituary also stated that Ruby Field, a philanthropist who assisted libraries and landscaping efforts, had left her Palos Verdes Estates home and grounds as a museum for the study and preservation of native plants and animals. Her grandson, Lee Bruno, said on behalf of Field’s son and daughter and 12 grandchildren that the five-acre oceanside estate will not become a museum. Field died May 2 in Palos Verdes Estates at the age of 100.