This obituary is for Ruth Hall Leoffler, 8/7/1921 ~ 10/30/2012 and Orville Lee "Leo" Leoffler, 1/5/1918 ~ 11/1/2012
Ruth Hall Leoffler, 91, passed away Tuesday, October 30, 2012, and Orville Lee “Leo” Leoffler, 94, met her on that “other shore” Thursday, November 01, 2012.
Ruth was born on August 7, 1921, in Virginia, Minnesota, to Ruth Mae Hall and Thomas Lewis Hall. Leo was born January 5, 1918, to Albert Leoffler and Olla Belle Leoffler, in St. Louis, Missouri.
Mama and Daddy met while working at Sears in Beaumont. Ruth had a bet with one of her co-workers as to who would get a date with the new handsome stock boy. Our mama, Ruth, won that bet and Daddy was the luckiest man on earth. They celebrated seventy-one years of marriage on October 1, 2012.
Leo proudly served in the United States Army during World War II and after being discharged worked for Southern Pacific Railroad until retirement in 1978. Mama was office manager of J.J. Newberry’s Company until her retirement. They then moved from Beaumont to Kirbyville where they developed and operated “Leoffler Springs” Spring Water Company.
They are survived by their daughters, Kathryn Deorsam and her husband, Larry; Linda Taylor; Jennifer Tice and her husband, Cliff; and Diane Rochelli and her husband, Phil; grandchildren, Brian Deorsam, Carrie Deorsam, Erin Taylor Hassell and her husband, Dr. Jonathan Hassell; Dr. Rachel Rochelli-Charles and her husband, Brett Charles; and Kathryn Rochelli Barker and her husband, Dr. Jared Barker; great-grandchildren, Kaylee Rochelli and Benjamin Barker; and Leo’s sister, Ina Mauldin.
Ruth and Leo are preceded in death by their parents; Ruth’s sister, Virginia Leon; her brother, William Hall; Leo’s sister, Loretta Fuller; his brother, Uriel Leoffler; his sister, Mildred “Mickey” Mack; son-in-law, Henry Taylor; nephews, Rodney Mack and Lynn Fuller; and niece, Darla Case.
A gathering of Mr. and Mrs. Leoffler’s family and friends will be from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., Friday, November 2, 2012, at Broussard’s, 1605 North Major Drive, Beaumont. Their funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, November 3, 2012, at Broussard’s, with interment to follow at Oak Bluff Memorial Park, Port Neches.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations may be made to Samaritan’s Purse, P.O. Box 3000, Boone, North Carolina 28607-3000 or Salvation Army, 2350 IH-10 East, Beaumont, Texas 77703.
The family would like to extend its most heartfelt appreciation to Dr. Jack Martin of M.D. Anderson and his nurse, Debbie, Dr. Holly Holmes and her team, East Texas Home Health and their nurses Christy, Vickie, Dana, and Melba, and all the loving and caring nurses and staff of Harbor Hospice Home in Beaumont.
