Birth date: Jul 1, 1930 Death date: Feb 12, 2021
Ruie Arlette Gale, 90, of Bradenton passed away peacefully surrounded by family on February 12, 2021. Ruie was born on July 01, 1930 in Portsmouth, VA to Richard and Idie Furman. Ruie was the Volunteer Coordinator at Blake Hospita Read Obituary
....So many wonderful memories of Aunt Ruie. Whenever I think of her I see her laughing (most of the time at herself!!). I don't think I have ever met anyone who coped so well with the 'curved ball' that was thrown to her at such an early age. Precious memories of our sailing trip in the Grenadines, when she was happy to have a lifesaving ring put around her and be pulled behind a dingy so that we could all go ashore and have drinks on the beach! She was fun loving and always ready to participate in whatever adventure was going on at the time.....never wanting to be left out, and she never was. She was loving and caring, and, in turn, was loved and cared for by her beloved Fred, Dianne, Nita and Iris....I will always be grateful for having been given the opportunity to know and love her, to learn to deal with the challenges of life by following her example. It's difficult to sit here in Barbados and write this, especially so soon after doing a similar thing for Uncle Freddie last September....and I know it must be doubly difficult for you three girls, and for the whole family. You are much in our thoughts and prayers. Love you, Katy, Barry and Rachel.
Thank you Mom for showing your three daughters how to be strong in the face of many obstacles. You taught us how to love, forgive and most of all, how to make lemonade when given lemons.
The world has lost a most beautiful soul now reunited with her cherished husband in a beautiful place. My first memory of Ruie goes back to the early 50's when the family was building their house in Respass Beach in Nansemond County, Virginia on a bluff overlooking the James river. She and Fred were doing most of the work themselves along with friends and relatives. I was a small child but remember the hard work that they put into the effort to get the place livable. Other members of the Furman clan lived a few hundred feet down the oyster shell road and all of the kids, including me, could not wait to have them move in. Behind their house was a great sandy beach that became our favorite playground. At first Diane and Nita and later Iris joined in with Sheila, Jill and later Johnny who were all cousins to form the Respass Beach gang. I was a member too as was my brother Jan who came along later both of us Furman cousins. The summers were wonderful fun and we all congregated at Gale's house. Ruie was a mother to the whole group of us and she was a strong and loving presence handy with first aid as well as kool aid for all. Those were precious days for all of us and continue in my memory as some of the best years of my life. Ruie will be missed by her family and loved by all who were fortunate enough to know her. May she live forever in our hearts.
