Marcus Clara Ruiz, 91, East Moline, died Saturday, May 5, 2012 at the home of her son Phillip in Rock Island. Funeral services are 10 AM Tuesday at Christ the King Catholic Church, Moline. Entombment is in St. Mary's Mausoleum, East Moline. Visitation is 3-7PM Monday the Van Hoe Funeral Home Ltd., East Moline, where a rosary will be recited at 2:30 PM. Memorials may be made to the Diabetes Foundation. Marcus Garcia was born April 25, 1921 in Mineola, KS, the daughter of Lorenzo and Antonia (Gonzalez) Garcia. She married Robert Ruiz on June 28, 1952 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, Silvis. Marcus had worked at as a machine operator and in the shipping department at John Deere Harvester, East Moline. Marcus enjoyed gardening, crocheting and doing home improvements. Survivors include her children Roseann Fenner Ruiz, Carbon Cliff, IL, Christina Ruiz Hernandez, Grandview, IA, Phillip Ruiz, Rock Island and Cynthia Ruiz, Blue Grass, IA, seven grandchildren, 7 great grandchildren and a great-great grandson. She is preceded in death by her husband Robert, sisters, Martina Garcia, Ramona Sandoval and Severina Ybarra, brothers, Isabel, Ray and Patrick and a grandson Joseph Hernandez Jr.

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