Age 84 years. Gloria W. Rubin was an artist who ran the Paper Pad, a specialty shop in Roselawn. Mrs. Rubin was the widow of U.S. District Judge Carl B. Rubin. A Cincinnati native, she graduated from Walnut Hills High School in 1939, Mrs. Rubin received a degree in applied design from Cincinnati in 1943. She landed a job as a graphic designer at Lumen Winter's studio in New York City. She married in 1945, and she and her husband raised a family in Bond Hill and Amberley Village. During the 1940's and 1950's, She made figurines, which she marketed and sold out of her home. They were described by her daughter as women in exotic dresses and headdresses. She built the figurines with plaster of Paris. The proceeds from the figurines covered the down payment on the Rubins' first house in 1950. Mrs. Rubin opened the Paper Pad in 1969. She had everything you could think of made from paper - stationery, paper decorations, etc. She ran the store for about 12 years. In recent years, despite her advanced age, she was determined to share her love of travel and culture that she took all of her grandchildren on tours of Europe. Her husband of 50 years died in 1995.
Age 84 years. Gloria W. Rubin was an artist who ran the Paper Pad, a specialty shop in Roselawn. Mrs. Rubin was the widow of U.S. District Judge Carl B. Rubin. A Cincinnati native, she graduated from Walnut Hills High School in 1939, Mrs. Rubin received a degree in applied design from Cincinnati in 1943. She landed a job as a graphic designer at Lumen Winter's studio in New York City. She married in 1945, and she and her husband raised a family in Bond Hill and Amberley Village. During the 1940's and 1950's, She made figurines, which she marketed and sold out of her home. They were described by her daughter as women in exotic dresses and headdresses. She built the figurines with plaster of Paris. The proceeds from the figurines covered the down payment on the Rubins' first house in 1950. Mrs. Rubin opened the Paper Pad in 1969. She had everything you could think of made from paper - stationery, paper decorations, etc. She ran the store for about 12 years. In recent years, despite her advanced age, she was determined to share her love of travel and culture that she took all of her grandchildren on tours of Europe. Her husband of 50 years died in 1995.
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