Calling(s)

Friday, April 15, 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM Young Family Funeral Home, Kendallville Chapel

Service

Friday, April 15, 5:00 PM Young Family Funeral Home, Kendallville Chapel

Obituary

Ruth Mary Cruz-Reyes, 72, of Kendallville died Sunday, April 10, 2016, at 3:32 p.m. in Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne.

She was born April 29, 1943, in Bayamón, Puerto Rico to Manuel Reyes-Rivera and Maria (Nazario-Figueroa) Reyes-Nazario. She received Christ at an early age and attended the Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal MI, Bayamón Pueblo.

On June 14, 1969, in Puerto Rico she married Dr. Domingo Cruz-Diaz, Jr. He preceded her in death on August 14, 2008.

She and her husband moved from Puerto Rico to the United States in 1971, and she has lived in Kendallville since 1987.

She received her degree in Home Economics from the University of Puerto Rico and worked with Social Services and Child Welfare in Puerto Rico. After the birth of their first son, she stayed home to raise her children.

Ruth was a master seamstress, photographer, collector, coupon-clipper, and enjoyed scrapbooking. She dearly loved her family and always put God first in her life.

Mrs. Cruz was a member of CrossPointe Family Church of the Nazarene in Kendallville and was involved with the 700 Club and Gideons International.

Surviving are three sons, Bary (Nicole) Cruz-Reyes of Bourbonnais, Illinois, Noel (Caryn) Cruz of Elk River, Minnesota, and Norman Cruz of Kendallville; seven grandchildren, Faith Cruz, Grace Cruz, Jonathan Cruz, Carmen Cruz, Micah Cruz, Seth Cruz, and Isaiah Cruz; five step-grandchildren, Shae Hanson, Brandon Walker, Madalyn Harvey, Caitlin Harvey, and Jordan Harvey; three sisters, Dina Cabán-Reyes, Sara Reyes-Nazario, and Ada Reyes-Nazario all of Bayamón, Puerto Rico; a brother, Manuel Reyes-Nazario, Jr. of Bayamón, Puerto Rico; and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Funeral services will be Friday, April 15, 2016, at 5 p.m. in Young Family Funeral Home, Kendallville Chapel, 222 South State Street, Kendallville with Pastor Rich Secor of CrossPointe Family Church of the Nazarene in Kendallville officiating. Burial will be in Los Cipreses Cemetery in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.

Visitation is Friday, April 15, 2016, from 2 to 5 p.m. in the funeral home.

Preferred memorials are to the 700 Club, Gideons International, or CrossPointe Family Church of the Nazarene.

Condolences may be sent to the family at www.youngfamilyfuneralhome.com