{"id":111575,"date":"2025-07-05T13:45:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T13:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chasdavis.com\/wordpress\/?p=111575"},"modified":"2025-07-13T14:40:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T14:40:24","slug":"ruth-ellen-oleksiak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chasdavis.com\/wordpress\/2025\/07\/05\/ruth-ellen-oleksiak\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruth J. Oleksiak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Ruth Jakubowski Oleksiak<\/strong>, 69, of Crystal River, Florida passed away July 5, 2025 peacefully with her family by her side after a long illness.&nbsp; She was born in Webster, Massachusetts and spent most of her youth in neighboring Dudley attending schools there until graduating from Bartlett High School in 1975.&nbsp; She leaves behind her husband of 35 years, Chester Oleksiak, a son, Joey Oleksiak both of whom she made her home with.&nbsp; She also leaves two brothers, Michael Jakubowski (Barbara) of Kennebunk, Maine, John Jakubowski of Charlton, Massachusetts, and a sister, Jean Jakubowski of Dudley, her step-mother, Barbara Jakubowski of Dudley, she also leaves her little beloved doggo Willow who also misses her terribly, and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a brother James Jakubowski of Hernando, Florida and a niece Lynn Jakubowski also of Hernando.&nbsp; Ruth led a life filled with a variety of careers; from x-ray technician, to medical secretary, to running a successful typesetting business until health concerns forced her to retire. She loved to zoom around in her corvette with the roof down and preferred standard transmissions!&nbsp; She loved to banter politics and was extremely well read.&nbsp; She was a fiercely devoted and loyal woman; despite her own failing health, she was her mom\u2019s major caretaker until her passing in 2001.&nbsp; She and her family moved from Thompson Connecticut to Florida in 2012 for warmer weather and sunnier skies to enjoy their retirement years.&nbsp; She fought a courageous battle with MS and never complained about the pain and discomfort she dealt with on a daily basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Celebration of Life service will be held on Monday, July 21, 2025, at 11:00 AM, with Fr. Mike Suszynski, Celebrant. Friends may call on the family one hour prior for a visitation. Ruth will be laid to rest at Florida National Cemetery, in Bushnell, FL at a later date. The Chas. E. Davis Funeral Home, Inverness, FL is assisting the family with Cremation with Care Arrangements<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ruth Jakubowski Oleksiak, 69, of Crystal River, Florida passed away July 5, 2025 peacefully with her family by her side after a long illness.&nbsp; She was born in Webster, Massachusetts and spent most of her youth in neighboring Dudley attending schools there until graduating from Bartlett High School in 1975.&nbsp; She leaves behind her husband [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":990003,"featured_media":111576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chasdavis.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chasdavis.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chasdavis.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chasdavis.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/990003"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chasdavis.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111575"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/chasdavis.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111579,"href":"https:\/\/chasdavis.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111575\/revisions\/111579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chasdavis.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chasdavis.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chasdavis.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chasdavis.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}