Ethel LaVonne "Bonnie" Ruff died March 23rd, 2023, at the age of 90, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Bonnie was born June 17th,1932 in Alpha, Minnesota, to parents Dale and Ethel Denney. She graduated from Harding High School in St. Paul, Minnesota. She married John R. "Jack" Ruff, September 25, 1954. After Jack died in 1975, Bonnie began her 17-year career at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Bonnie was deeply involved in the activities and interests of her children and grandchildren. Her family and friends will always remember her as a kind and selfless person. She was the ultimate caregiver for her daughters, and she enriched the lives of all she met.
She is survived by Vicki Fisher and her husband David of Tulsa, OK., Jan Arnold and her husband Darren of Tulsa, OK., and Mary Kay Burkett of Oklahoma City, OK. Grandchildren, Kylie (Fisher) Thompson and husband Sean, Clarke Fisher and wife Paige, Becky Burkett, great grandchildren Olivia, Lillian, and Charlie Fisher, and many loving nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her husband John R. "Jack" Ruff, her daughter Julie Ruff, and her parents and four siblings.
A Funeral Mass will be held on Wednesday, March 29, 2023, at 1:00 PM at the Calvary Cemetery Chapel. Visitation will be held Tuesday, March 28, 2023 from 6:00-8:00 pm at Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial Chapel. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in her name to the Cystic Fibrosis foundation or the Alzheimer's foundation. Online condolences can be made at
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