- Date Of Birth: March 23, 1922
- Date Of Death: August 28, 2014
- State: Michigan
Ruth Mary Braham, age 92, passed away August 28, 2014 at Friendship Village Health Center in Kalamazoo. Ruth was born March 23, 1922 in Kalamazoo, the daughter of John and Sena VanHaften Sagers and was a lifelong resident.
She received her Bachelor Degree from Western Michigan University and throughout the years had taught in public schools. She was a longtime member of the First Presbyterian Church of Kalamazoo. Ruth was an avid reader and a lover of the arts, an enthusiastic traveler, a great cook. Throughout her life she had a wide circle of friends who she loved, and she was the center of her family’s life for many decades. On September 5, 1947, she was united in marriage to Douglas B. Braham, who preceded her in death on July 16, 2004.
She was also preceded in death by her parents; by two sisters, Nell Schwartz and Kathleen Borders; and by a son, William Braham in 1982. Surviving are two sons, Thomas Barbara Braham of Hollywood, FL and James Braham of Kalamazoo; a granddaughter, Anita Braham; a sister, Eleanor George Mesko and several nieces and nephews.
