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Lily Hope was the president of the Fort Langley Circle of the Red Cross Drive during WWI.

Ruby Adeline Annie was born in 1906 to parents Mr. and Mrs. J. Mellarship. She married a Mr. Brinson, and they had a son, Ford. Ruby was a widow when she visited her mother in Glen Valley. Here she met Gordon Routley, Jr., and they were married in 1942. Ruby's son, Ford, was killed in a motorbike accident in 1951 at the age of 17. Ruby was involved in the Red Cross and the Glen Valey Ladies Club. When husband Gordon fell ill in 1971, the couple sold the farm but continued to live in the little house on the property until Gordon died in 1984. At this time, Ruby moved into the Lions home in Langley. Ruby died in 1998 and was buried in the Fort Langley Cemetery.