Jesse Ruiz

Jesse Ruiz was taken to be with the Lord peacefully on June 12, 2013 at 6:33am at the age of 52. He was surrounded by his wife, daughters, parents and brother when he passed. Jesse was born on Febuary 12th 1961 and was raised in Goshen. As a lot of people may know, Jesse was given a second chance at life on April 29th, 2004 with a liver transplant. God blessed him with nine strong years to spend with family and friends. He was a loving and caring husband, father, grandfather and son. Jesse enjoyed telling people stories about his life and lived it with no regrets. If we could describe him in one word it would be “fighter”. Jesse was known for being funny, strong and outgoing and to his daughters he was a hero. Jesse left behind a wife Gloria, 5 daughters: Michelle, Eileen, Yvonne, Amber and Marisa, eleven grandchildren, his parents Joe and Mable Ruiz, 3 brothers, Brian, Joey and Johnny, a sister Carol and a son-in-law he considered as his own JR Lopez .The Ruiz family would like to invite family and friends to help celebrate Jesse’s life.