Memorial Service: Friday, 11/2/2018, at 2pm at W.E. Lusain Funeral Home, 629 Goldwire Way SW, Birmingham, AL 35211.
Laura Jean Ruiz, 61, passed away on October 27, 2018, surrounded by loving family, after a lengthy and courageously fought battle from an illness. Laura was born to Angel and Mary Hurtado on February 18, 1957 in Lorain, Ohio.
Laura graduated from Lorain Catholic High School and formerly served as President of the Mexican Mutual Society in Lorain. She began an over 30-year, dedicated career as a teacher for the Head Start Program at the Lorain County Community Action Agency.
In 2003, Laura moved to Center Point, Alabama. She achieved a Degree in Child Development/Early Childhood Education as a graduate of Lawson State Community College. Laura continued her devotion for teaching children as a teacher for the Head Start Program at The Community Action Agency for Jefferson County.
Laura was strong-willed, a beautiful spirit, and always had a noticeable presence. She livened the room with her sense of humor and had the ability to become everyone’s “Mom”. Laura loved cooking, baking, the holidays, family traditions, and enjoyed playing Bingo.
Left to cherish her memory and continue her legacy are her devoted husband of 30 years, Efrain M. Ruiz Sr; Six children: Jennifer (Michael) Volpe, Lucia (Valente) Flores, Victoria Ruiz, Angel Ruiz, Efrain Jr (Alexandra) Ruiz and Benjamin (Ayana) Ruiz; Nine grandchildren: Aviana Ruiz, Joshua Flores, Jacob Flores, Angel Ruiz Jr, Isabella Volpe, Gabriel Ruiz, Luke Volpe, Efrain Ruiz III, and Adreunna Ruiz; Three sisters: Andrea Hurtado, Mary Hurtado, and Angela (Ricardo) Padron.
Laura has reunited with her parents, Angel and Mary Hurtado, in heaven. As a wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, sister, teacher, friend, and confidant, Laura made the world a better place, one relationship at a time. Thank you, Laura, for everything.
