SURGEON, RUTH A
DATE OF BIRTH: 01/24/1924
DATE OF DEATH: 03/22/2014
BURIED AT: SECTION C SITE 2290
WILLAMETTE NATIONAL CEMETERY
WIFE OF SURGEON, GEORGE LEONE
CMOMM US NAVY
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Ruth passed away at Willamette Valley Hospice Center's Edward Tokarski House after complications from pneumonia.
She grew up in south Salem with her parents Flora and Albert Brownlee. Ruth graduated from Salem High School in 1942 and married Lee Surgeon while he was in the U.S. Navy. They enjoyed 50 years of marriage before Lee's death.
They had three daughters: Mary Lou, Jody, and Nettie. Grandchildren include: Lisa, Amanda, Michele, Iain, and Angie. Great-Grandchildren include: Jordan, Madison, Michele, Iain, Cameren, Kellie, and Bentley.
Private services will be held by the family at Willamette National Cemetery.
One of Ruth's favorite poems that depicts her life and love of home and family is by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:
HOME SONG
Stay, stay at home, my heart, and rest;
Home-keeping hearts are happiest,
For those that wander they know not where
Are full of trouble and full of care;
To stay at home is best.
Weary and homesick and distressed,
They wander east, they wander west,
And are baffled and beaten and blown about
By the winds of the wilderness of doubt;
To stay at home is best.
Then stay at home, my heart, and rest;
The bird is safest in its nest;
O'er all that flutter their wings and fly
A hawk is hovering in the sky;
To stay at home is best.
Published in the Salem, Oregon Statesman Journal on Mar. 30, 2014.
DATE OF BIRTH: 01/24/1924
DATE OF DEATH: 03/22/2014
BURIED AT: SECTION C SITE 2290
WILLAMETTE NATIONAL CEMETERY
WIFE OF SURGEON, GEORGE LEONE
CMOMM US NAVY
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ruth passed away at Willamette Valley Hospice Center's Edward Tokarski House after complications from pneumonia.
She grew up in south Salem with her parents Flora and Albert Brownlee. Ruth graduated from Salem High School in 1942 and married Lee Surgeon while he was in the U.S. Navy. They enjoyed 50 years of marriage before Lee's death.
They had three daughters: Mary Lou, Jody, and Nettie. Grandchildren include: Lisa, Amanda, Michele, Iain, and Angie. Great-Grandchildren include: Jordan, Madison, Michele, Iain, Cameren, Kellie, and Bentley.
Private services will be held by the family at Willamette National Cemetery.
One of Ruth's favorite poems that depicts her life and love of home and family is by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:
HOME SONG
Stay, stay at home, my heart, and rest;
Home-keeping hearts are happiest,
For those that wander they know not where
Are full of trouble and full of care;
To stay at home is best.
Weary and homesick and distressed,
They wander east, they wander west,
And are baffled and beaten and blown about
By the winds of the wilderness of doubt;
To stay at home is best.
Then stay at home, my heart, and rest;
The bird is safest in its nest;
O'er all that flutter their wings and fly
A hawk is hovering in the sky;
To stay at home is best.
Published in the Salem, Oregon Statesman Journal on Mar. 30, 2014.
SURGEON, RUTH A
DATE OF BIRTH: 01/24/1924
DATE OF DEATH: 03/22/2014
BURIED AT: SECTION C SITE 2290
WILLAMETTE NATIONAL CEMETERY
WIFE OF SURGEON, GEORGE LEONE
CMOMM US NAVY
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ruth passed away at Willamette Valley Hospice Center's Edward Tokarski House after complications from pneumonia.
She grew up in south Salem with her parents Flora and Albert Brownlee. Ruth graduated from Salem High School in 1942 and married Lee Surgeon while he was in the U.S. Navy. They enjoyed 50 years of marriage before Lee's death.
They had three daughters: Mary Lou, Jody, and Nettie. Grandchildren include: Lisa, Amanda, Michele, Iain, and Angie. Great-Grandchildren include: Jordan, Madison, Michele, Iain, Cameren, Kellie, and Bentley.
Private services will be held by the family at Willamette National Cemetery.
One of Ruth's favorite poems that depicts her life and love of home and family is by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:
HOME SONG
Stay, stay at home, my heart, and rest;
Home-keeping hearts are happiest,
For those that wander they know not where
Are full of trouble and full of care;
To stay at home is best.
Weary and homesick and distressed,
They wander east, they wander west,
And are baffled and beaten and blown about
By the winds of the wilderness of doubt;
To stay at home is best.
Then stay at home, my heart, and rest;
The bird is safest in its nest;
O'er all that flutter their wings and fly
A hawk is hovering in the sky;
To stay at home is best.
Published in the Salem, Oregon Statesman Journal on Mar. 30, 2014.
DATE OF BIRTH: 01/24/1924
DATE OF DEATH: 03/22/2014
BURIED AT: SECTION C SITE 2290
WILLAMETTE NATIONAL CEMETERY
WIFE OF SURGEON, GEORGE LEONE
CMOMM US NAVY
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ruth passed away at Willamette Valley Hospice Center's Edward Tokarski House after complications from pneumonia.
She grew up in south Salem with her parents Flora and Albert Brownlee. Ruth graduated from Salem High School in 1942 and married Lee Surgeon while he was in the U.S. Navy. They enjoyed 50 years of marriage before Lee's death.
They had three daughters: Mary Lou, Jody, and Nettie. Grandchildren include: Lisa, Amanda, Michele, Iain, and Angie. Great-Grandchildren include: Jordan, Madison, Michele, Iain, Cameren, Kellie, and Bentley.
Private services will be held by the family at Willamette National Cemetery.
One of Ruth's favorite poems that depicts her life and love of home and family is by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:
HOME SONG
Stay, stay at home, my heart, and rest;
Home-keeping hearts are happiest,
For those that wander they know not where
Are full of trouble and full of care;
To stay at home is best.
Weary and homesick and distressed,
They wander east, they wander west,
And are baffled and beaten and blown about
By the winds of the wilderness of doubt;
To stay at home is best.
Then stay at home, my heart, and rest;
The bird is safest in its nest;
O'er all that flutter their wings and fly
A hawk is hovering in the sky;
To stay at home is best.
Published in the Salem, Oregon Statesman Journal on Mar. 30, 2014.
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