- Date Of Birth: November 29, 1937
- Date Of Death: December 11, 2016
- State: Florida
Auburndale – Ruth A. “Ms. B” Bodenheimer, 79, passed away on Sunday, December 11, 2016, at Good Shepherd Hospice House in Lakeland. Ruth was born November 29, 1937, in Thomasville, North Carolina to George and Gertrude Poole. Ruth was a resident of Auburndale for the past ten years and was a former resident of Lakeland for many years.
Ruth attended college at Gardner-Webb University and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree from Appalachian State University. She went on to complete her Master’s Degree at Rollins College after she moved to Florida. Ruth was a lifelong educator who taught in multiple schools in Thomasville, NC and Lakeland. She was an Assistant Principal at Kathleen Elementary and served as Principal for Floral Avenue and Gibbons Street Elementary Schools in Bartow.
She is survived by her husband, Bill Bodenheimer; daughter, Anna Kestner (Mark); son, Art Bodenheimer (Pam); brother, Donald Poole; grandchildren, Laura Bodenheimer and Leslie Hilton and great grandchild, Cayden Hilton.
