Ruth Marie Laux

February 18, 1936 - November 25, 2017

Age 81, of Braceville, IL, passed away Saturday, November 25, 2017 at the Joliet Area Community Hospice Home in Joliet, IL. Born February 18, 1936 in Chicago, IL to the late Donald Roe and Mildred F. (nee Hammon) Gosnell. Ruth worked many years in the trucking industry, working for East Texas Motor Freight (ETMF) the majority of that time. She attended Braceville United Methodist Church where she took special interest in the JAM program for the children. Ruth loved family gatherings, butterflies, gardening, bowling and her angels. She thoroughly enjoyed dancing of all varieties, ballet being one of her favorites. Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas were her favorite holidays. She was an avid Chicago Bears fan and enjoyed the friendly wagers on the Bears/Packers games with her favorite brother-in-law, Ken. Surviving are two sisters, Diane Brandt of Chicago and Alice (Ken) Pynaker of Union Grove, WI; two brothers, Robert (Beverly) Gosnell of Winston-Salem, NC and Ross (Letitia) Gosnell of Cape Coral, FL; seven nieces, Julie, Michelle, Lana, Letitia, Kathy, Susan, and Virginia; and seven nephews, Christopher, Stephen, David, Donald E., Donald R., Eric, and Marc. Preceding her in death were her husband Bob, whom she married November 30, 1985 in Las Vegas, NV; and brother, Charles Gosnell. Cremation rites have been accorded. Memorial visitation will be at the R.W. Patterson Funeral Home & Crematory, Sunday, December 10, from 2-6 p.m. Memorial service will be at the Braceville United Methodist Church in Braceville on Monday, December 11, at 10:00 a.m. Inurnment will follow in Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, IL. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts in her name may be directed to Braceville United Methodist Church or Joliet Community Area Hospice Home.