Dr. Lourdes Ruiz Garcia, age 94, passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 30, 2021. She was born February 12, 1927 in Manila, Philippines to Damian Ruiz and Adriana Ignacio Ruiz.
Dr. Garcia was a resident of Athens, Georgia, from 1963 until 2018 moving to DeFuniak Springs, Florida. She was Catholic by faith and a member of the Saint Joseph Catholic Church in Athens, Georgia. She graduated receiving her Medical Degree from the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines. She worked as a medical doctor in Virginia, she also assisted her husband in his medical practice in Athens, Georgia. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother.
Dr. Garcia is preceded in death by her parents, Damian Ruiz and Adriana Ignacio Ruiz.
Dr. Garcia is survived by her loving husband of 65 years, Dr. Ruben Erfe Garcia, Sr. of DeFuniak Springs, Florida; her four children, Ricky Ruiz Garcia and wife Christine of Manila, Philippines, Lissa Garcia Hodges of Snellville, Georgia, Dr. Ruben Garcia, Jr. and wife Bobbie of DeFuniak Springs, Florida, and Rene Garcia and Dieter Spiegel of Seattle, Washington; five grandchildren, Jenifer Hodges, Eric Hodges, Erika Marcos, Chuckie Garcia and Ashley Garcia; and three great grandchildren, Marty Marcos, Rio Marcos, and Sophia Sloan.
The family would like to offer a special thank you to, Jackie McCall, Emma and Dale Campbell , and Jacquelyn Chapel , for the wonderful and loving care provided to Mrs. Lourdes Garcia.
Celebration of Life Services will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, June 12, 2021 at St. Margaret of Scotland Catholic Church at 247 United States Highway 331, DeFuniak Springs, Florida 3245, with Father Richard Dawson officiating.
In lieu of flowers family request donations may be made to St. Margaret of Scotland Catholic Church at 247 United States Highway 331, DeFuniak Springs, Florida 32435.
[Source: Clary-Glenn Funeral Home, DeFuniak Springs]
[Burial: Magnolia Cemetery, DeFuniak Springs]