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Subject: [CAYolo] Louie Jordan RUIZ (1922-2003) (obit.)
Date: 15 Dec 2003 11:52:46 -0700
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Surnames: RUIZ, JORDAN, DURGIN, GOMEZ, MARQUEZ, LOPEZ, CORDOVA, SANCHEZ, TRUJILLO
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Louie Jordan Ruiz
Louie Jordan Ruiz died Monday, Dec. 8, 2003 in his Woodland home at the age of 81.
Mr. Ruiz was born in El Paso, TX to Pedro and Belen (Jordan) Ruiz on Feb. 28, 1922. He had been a resident of Woodland for 44 years.
Mr. Ruiz was a World War II veteran, serving in the South Pacific during the battles of Tarawa, Saipan, Guam and the Gilbert Islands. He was with the Second Marine Division and was awarded the presidential Unit Citation, the World War II Victory Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Victory Medal, the Sharpshooter Medal and the Good Conduct medal. After his discharge he met and married Mary Leyba Ruiz in Denver in 1945. Mr. Ruiz moved to Woodland in 1959 where he worked for Spreckels Sugar Company. He later owned and operated Louis Ruiz Trucking Co. in Woodland.
Mr. Ruiz is survived by his wife Mary Ruiz; his daughters, Louise Durgin and husband Bill, Belinda Gomez and husband Robert, Juanita Ruiz, Gerri Ruiz, Rebecca Marquez and Belle Lopez and husband Ricky, and sons, Louis Ruiz and wife Josie and Robert Ruiz and wife Maureen, all of Woodland.
Also surviving Mr. Ruiz is his sister Soledad Cordova of Los Angeles and 24 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Mr. Ruiz was preceded in death by his brothers, Pete Ruiz, Jose Ruiz, Jesus Ruiz, Albert Ruiz and his daughter Belen Ruiz and also by his sisters Lola Sanchez and Socorro Trujillo.
Services: A funeral service is scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 12, 2003 at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, 301 Walnut St., Woodland with services to be conducted by Deacon Ed Kull. A burial will immediately follow at Monument Hill Memorial Park, 35036 County Road 22 where military honors will be presented by the U.S. Marine Corps Honor Guard.
Kraft Bros. is assisting the family with the arrangements.
The family requests memorial contributions in Mr. Ruiz's name be made to the Northern California Heart Association, 2007 "O" St., Sacramento, CA, 95814.
(Obituary from the Woodland "Daily Democrat," Wednesday, December 10, 2003, (Woodland, Yolo County, California). Submitted with the permission of the "The Daily Democrat," 711 Main St., Woodland, CA 95695. <http://www.dailydemocrat.com/>; Please note: I am not related to the family listed above, and I do not have any further information on this family.)
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