Nancy Hope Rubin

With love in my heart, I share that our Nancy “Ruby” Hope passed away just three days shy of her 75th birthday. My precious mom, a spiritual guide by life vocation, would say that she graduated earth. Without question, she did so with the highest honors. Nancy Hope lived and taught with unconditional love, faith and enthusiasm. She was an extraordinary blessing to anyone who was drawn into her life. 

Born in New York City, she was a ride-or-die Yankee fan, even as she later moved to LA. She was fearless, brilliant, endlessly talented, creative and entrepreneurial -- from having a puzzle shop in Westwood, opening a music company in Texas, managing corporate sales for a major telecommunications company in NYC, directing a famed New York homeless newspaper, to co-owning her own marketing firm in LA – she let all her passions and gifts shine through limitlessly.

We experienced her as an artist, designer, photographer, roller-skate dancer, incredible lip-syncer, Mahjong queen, first adopter technology whiz, poet, philosopher, prankster, hostess with the mostest, the sharpest dresser around, and Stevie Wonder’s most devoted fan. And she played electric bass.

To a select few of us she was a devoted spiritual teacher inspiring commitment and one’s highest facility for self-challenge – with humorous seriousness and always with love. Above all she was a truth teller who loved and lived life to the fullest with purpose as g-d’s creation.

She was our beloved precious mom, grandmother, “Hon”, sister, auntie, cousin and great friend. Each of us likely remember Nancy Hope in different ways – kind, compassionate, forgiving, generous, fierce, wise, stubborn, wickedly funny, witty, weird and loony (to some), one of a kind (to most)– but I believe we all experienced one thing the same: she saw the best in each of us, supported and nurtured that version of us, guiding us to love ourselves. Never judging, always accepting.

 Even as her illness overpowered her, she laughed boisterously, remaining faithful, joyous and grateful for every moment until the end. My precious mom took her last breath at home like she wanted, surrounded by us and by love. I felt the joyous applause and celebration echoing from the afterlife as she passed from here, took a well-deserved bow, and accepted her next chapter. 

Please join us for her Celebration of Life on Sunday, December 7 at 2pm at Hillside Cemetery and Memorial Park.

 In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to causes Nancy “Ruby” Hope supported: Mental Health Hookup (https://mhhu.org) and ACLU (https://www.aclu.org), or by making a tree dedication through TreePeople (https://treepeople.org/tree-dedications/)