Ruth Geise Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Ruth Marie Geise, age 86, of Allen, Texas, passed away quickly and peacefully on Sunday, January 11th, 2015. Ruth is survived by her husband of 67 years Virgil and their sons David and Nick and their wives Sara and Beverly. Ruth has 4 grandsons: Phillip and Aaron who are the sons of David and Sara and Matthew and Brian who are the sons of Nick and Beverly. Phillip and his wife Becky are the parents of Ruth's great grandchildren Jonah and Paige. Ruth also has a younger brother Jack who lives in Troy, Ohio. Ruth and Virgil lived in Ft. Lorarmie and Sidney, Ohio. As a child Ruth loved to dance and ice skate and often said the reason she married Virgil is because he would dance with her. They married as soon as Ruth graduated from high school and before Virgil went off to Japan towards the end of World War II. While raising their children they enjoyed time with friends at the Elks, American Legion, and Moose clubs as well as trips to Lake James and Virginia Beach. They moved to Texas after Virgil retired since both of their sons moved there after graduating from college. Ruth was most proud of both her sons graduating from the University of Notre Dame and she and Virgil attended all of the home football games while David and Nick attended school there. Ruth and Virgil loved their home in Wimberley, TX where she kept a flower garden and loved to feed and take care of the deer that roamed through their backyard. Ruth was an avid animal lover and enjoyed grooming poodles for a living while she and Virgil lived in Ohio. Ruth was a very giving and loving mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. She was able to live close to, and participate in, much of her grandchildren and great grandchildren's lives. This meant a lot to her since she and Virgil always enjoyed being around "the kids". Their house was always the house that David and Nick's friends would go to hang out at and they also loved to take their sons and their friends out to dinner when visiting on campus for a Notre Dame football weekend. The family is having a small memorial service and asks that in lieu of flowers memorial donations be made to the Glaucoma Foundation http://www.glaucomafoundation.org/ or the Alzheimer's Association http://www.alz.org/.