Juanita Gagne

Juanita "Ruth" Sanders Gagne Northport- Juanita "Ruth" Sanders Gagne, age 74, of Tuscaloosa, AL passed Friday, Aug 25, 2017 at UAB West. Services will be at 2pmSunday, August 27, 2017, at Magnolia Chapel North with Rev. Jamie Gardner presiding. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the funeral home with Magnolia Chapel North directing. Ruth was preceded in death by her parents, Jesse Sanders and Mary Jo Brooks Sanders. Survivors include her daughter, Mary Ensor (Henry); daughter, Kim Gardner (Jamie); grandchildren, Allyssa Ensor, Summer Ensor, Trey Gardner, Chelsea Gardner, and Preston Gardner; sisters, Mary Evelyn "Sissie" Sparkman, Joyce Wade, Wanda Hays, and Yvonne Runfola (Tom); and several wonderful nieces and nephews. Ruth was born May 30, 1943 in Roswell, NM. She loved her family dearly, especially her grandchildren whom called her "Grams". She was an amazing cook and seamstress and will be dearly missed by her family. She was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in September 2014 and is now healed in her heavenly home. Honorary Pallbearers are all of her nieces and nephews; Adam Madison, and the workers at Glen Haven's Memory Care Unit. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Alzheimer's Association to help find a cure for this awful disease.