Ruth Onalee Blume's Obituary
Ruth Onalee Blume, 92, a resident of Ft. Myers, FL since 2015, formerly of Columbia, MO, Omaha, NE, and Cedar Rapids, IA, passed away Monday, March 19, 2018, in Cape Coral, FL. She was born May 28, 1925, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to Frank and Myrtle Wing.Ruth was a Specifications Editor with Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where she worked on and with NASA development of the Apollo Space program. Ruth spent a good part of her retirement helping to raise her great grandchildren in Omaha, NE. Later in life, she moved with her family to Florida to escape the Midwest Winters. Ruth loved to watch the ocean, pelicans and dolphins.She is survived by her loving son, Scott A. Blume and his wife Sandi of Cape Coral, FL. She had three grandchildren, Eric Blume and his wife Nicole, Dirk Blume and Mikael Zacarias and her husband Manny; as well as nine great grandchildren, Cecilia, Sidney, Hunter, McKenna, Kassidi, Cyrus, Jocelyn, Kaden and Addison.Ruth was preceded in death by her husband August Blume in 1975.Services will be held in Iowa at a later date.Memorial contributions may be made to Saint John’s Episcopal Church of Pine Island in loving memory of Ruth Onalee Blume.Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Fort Myers Memorial Gardens Funeral Home, 1589 Colonial Blvd., Fort Myers, FL 33907, 239-936-0555.
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