Surrounded by her family, Ruth passed away on July 19th 2016.
Ruth was one of 13 children. She was born on March 16, 1930 to Matilda and Rinehold Noetzel. Ruth was born in Danzig Germany which is now Poland.
Ruth married Stephan Woerz in Stadtilm, East Germany. They had to escape to the west where they had their daughter, Barbara, in 1952.
After arriving in New York, they lived in Indiana where Ruth worked at RCA. Later they moved to Marietta, Georgia and Ruth worked at Rich's in Cobb Center.
Stephan and Ruth both retired in 1997 and moved to Pensacola, Florida. In Pensacola, Ruth was able to fulfill her love of gardening.
Ruth is survived by her daughter Barbara, her sister Hilde, her two brothers Horst and Gerhard, her sister-in-law Barbara O'Connor and several nieces, nephews, grand nieces and grand nephews, etc. spanning the USA, Germany and Ireland.
We would like to extend our gratitude to the staff of Emerald Coast Hospice for their attentiveness and loving care.
If you would like to be part of the little Memorial Garden which will be planted at her residence, please bring or send a perennial plant instead of cut flowers. Thank you. A service will be held on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at Good Shepard Lutheran Church.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Eastern Gate Memorial Funeral Home.
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