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Ruth Helen Goebel Abel
Birth: Jun. 2, 1921
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Ohio, USA
Death: Sep. 11, 1994
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Ohio, USA
Ruth Helen Goebel was the third surviving child born to Frank H. Goebel and Mabel C. Tekulve Goebel. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on June 2, 1921. The family was living at 840 Clinton Street at the time of her birth. Ruth had a normal childhood for an inner city girl of the time period. She attended school at St. John the Baptist Elementary School which was located at the corner of Republic (later Breman) and Green Street in the West End of Cincinnati. Ruth contracted rheumatic fever ( an inflammatory disease of the joints and sometimes the heart, believed to occur following a respiratory infection with streptococcus) (strep bacteria) during her childhood and was sick for a long period of time. Fortunately she seemed to have little effect from the fever later in life. In her early teen years midway though the great depression, the family moved to a different home at 2050 Dunlap Street. The house had no indoor plumbing and had an outhouse located at the rear of the house adjacent to an alley, a testament to the economic conditions of the family and the population in general.
In the early months of 1940, Ruth met a young man named Marcellus "Max" Abel. Max was the son of Marcellus R. Abel a second generation Cincinnati Policeman. The Abel family lived on Probasco Court in the Clifton section of Cincinnati. Max, his brother Don and friend John Pumpple would often walk along Central Parkway and through the ares near Ruth's home. It was on one of these weekends that Ruth and Max met. They dated for some time until the outbreak of World War II, when Max was called to duty in the U. S. Navy. The couple decided that they would marry when he was home on leave. They were married in a ceremony at St. John the Baptist Church which was near Ruth's home.
Fortunately, Max spent most of his service time stateside during the war. He was stationed in Florida at Fort Pierce and worked in the mail room. While stationed there, he found a home to rent and Ruth came to Florida to be with him..
After his discharge from the service, Ruth and Max returned to Cincinnati and Max resumed his job with Aluminum Industries. They rented an apartment in a duplex type home at 2610 Sander Street in Corryville. Ruth's sister Mabel and her daughter Darlene lived next door. Mabel's husband Ervin Anderson had beed killed in the line of duty during the war. Around January of 1944 a fire broke out in the apartment adjacent to Max and Ruth's. The fire spread quickly trapping the residents of that apartment. Fireman were able to rescue Mr. and Mrs Herman Nieding but were unable to save their 2 1/2 year old daughter, Joan. She was fatally burned in the fire. Max and Ruth and their daughter Barbara were unhurt but lost most of their possessions in the fire. They moved in with Max's parents on Probasco Court. They soon located another apartment on Central Parkway in downtown Cincinnati and remained there through the birth of their next two children, Ronald and Barbara.
In 1956, the family moved to a new home on Sarvis Court in the Westwood section of Cincinnati. Max had followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather and joined the Cincinnati Police force as a patrolman. Their daughter, Carol always said that Sarvis Court was one of the best places that a young kid could have asked for to grow up. There were always plenty of kids to play with and many remain friends to this day.
Ruth worked for a period of time at Walgreens pharmacy to supplement the family income. It was difficult juggling work and the care of three children. The children eventually married and one by one they left home. The oldest daughter, Barbara married Lee Schoenung. Ronald, their son, married Kathy Rueve, and their youngest, Carol, married James Driggers. Ruth was a caring mother and an outstanding grandmother. She adored her grandchildren yet didn't like for them to spend overnights. She always had a crisp doller bill for each of the kids when they would come to visit. She enjoyed going to her childrens homes for holidays and special events. She remained close to her siblings, especially Gerrie her youngest sister who lived not far from her, in Price Hill. In the late 1970's and early 1980's Ruth bagan to develop health problems. She developed a cyst on her spine which required surgery. The surgery although successful left her in constant pain. In addition she had been a heavy smoker most of her life and began to have health issues related to smoking. She was put on a lot of medication for a variety of different health conditions all of which had side effects. She always complained of nausea, which was a side effect of the medications. By the early 1990's Ruth required quite a bit of care. Max did an excellent job of caring for her during those difficult years. By 1994, her condition had worsened to the point that Max felt that he could no longer provide the care that she needed. Ruth had been in and out of the hospital several times.
After family discussions Man and the children decided that she would benefit from the care that she could receive from a nursing facility. Meanwhile, Ruth had another issue and was re-admitted to the hospital. When they had her stabilized she was supposed to go to a nursing facility which was only about a half mile distance from the Sarvis Court home to continue he recovery.
Ruth's mother had spent the last ten years of her life in a nursing home due to a violent attack at her home. For this reason Ruth despised nursing homes.
The night before she was to leave the hospital and enter the nursing home most of the family had been to the hospital to visit her. She seemed in fairly good spirits although obviously still very weak and ill. Carol was one of the last to leave and told her that she would see her the following day. Shortly after she returned home the phone rang. It was the nurse at Mercy Franciscan hospital calling, telling Carol that her mother had passed away. She was in shock, as just having left her she seemed to be doing better. Her belief was that she simply made up her mind that she wasn't going to go to a nursing facility. Ruth Helen Goebel Abel passed away on September 11, 1994. Her funeral was held at what was then the Charles A. Miller Funeral Home on Westbourne Avenue in Western Hills, Cincinnati, Ohio. Interment followed at the New St. Joseph Cemetery in Price Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Parents:
Frank H. Goebel (1890 - 1943)
Mabel C Tekulve Goebel (1893 - 1987)
Spouse:
Marcellus Mark Abel (1921 - 2012)
Burial:
Saint Joseph New Cemetery
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Ohio, USA
Created by: Friends of Family
Record added: Jun 28, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 92736143
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1921 - 1994 (73 years)