Juanita T. Ruiz

Juanita T. Ruiz, age 85, of Shelton, died on Sunday, January 28, 2024, at her home in Shelton.

Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, February 3, at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Shelton with Father Jorge Canela officiating. Burial will follow in the Shelton Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Friday, February 2, at the church, concluding with a Rosary at 7:00 p.m. Memorials are suggested to the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Apfel Funeral Home is assisting the family. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.apfelfuneralhome.com.

Juanita was born on February 15, 1938, in Cameron, Texas, to David and Marciana (Alvarado) Trevino. She grew up in Slaton, Texas, and received her education there. She was united in marriage to Pablo Ruiz on March 31, 1954, in Slaton, Texas. The couple moved to Shelton in 1966 where she worked at the Ordinance Plant in Alda and later at the nursing home in Gibbon.

She was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Shelton. She was well-known for her cooking. She enjoyed gardening, crocheting, sewing, reading, and watcher her Hallmark movies.

She is survived by her daughters, Carmen Salinas, of Olathe, Kansas, and Crestina (Roger) Ruyle, of Shelton; grandchildren, Jason and Jon Ruyle, and Gabriel, Alicia, and Angela Salinas; 13 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; and her siblings, Josie Rendon, of Lubbock, Texas, Armando Martinez, of Lubbock, Texas, and Minnie Washinton, of Grand Island.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; son, Pablo Jr.; daughter, Gloria Britt; son- in-law, Tino Salinas; brothers, David Trevino and Mike Martinez; and sister, Susie Casas.