Ruth San Miguel

Mrs. Ruth Curry San Miguel

Private family services for Ruth Curry (Hall) San Miguel, 94, of Salado, will be held at Dossman Funeral Home in Belton with son Keith San Miguel officiating.  Burial will follow at Bellwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Temple.

Mrs. San Miguel died Saturday, August 20, 2022, in a Malakoff nursing home.

She was born February 27, 1928 in Wichita Falls, Texas to Tennant D. and Clara Ruth (Curry) Hall. She spent most of her youth in the Wichita Falls area. After graduation she enrolled at Midwestern University where the freshman beauty met and married the quarterback of the football team and love of her life, Jesse San Miguel.

Behind every great man there is a great woman. Ruth was a devoted wife and mother to her 4 children. Together Jesse and Ruth were a strong team. Wherever you saw Ruth you saw Jesse. As her favorite artist, Frank Sinatra stated in his song The Best is Yet to Come and “What doesn’t’ kill you makes you stronger, “was the motto that both of them lived by. They had a life of adventure. Ruth and her family moved from Texas to Oklahoma to Minnesota and back to Texas in loyal support for her husband’s jobs in education as a teacher, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and in the Department of Education. She put everyone else’s needs above her own. Ruth’s smile and optimistic, giving attitude was an inspiration to everyone who knew her. She encouraged all of her children to be strong and pursue excellence through by her example: “Nothing ventured, nothing gained.” Her creativeness in making education relevant and fun was evident as she taught art and math in kindergarten and first grade for several years. Ruth was a God-fearing woman. She was an active member in her Senior Sunday School class at First Baptist Church in Salado. Ruth taught her children to put God first.

Mrs. San Miguel was preceded in death by her husband of 70 years, February 10, 2018.

Survivors include three sons, Gary and wife Jill, Keith and wife Michele, Jesse San Miguel, II; one daughter Rozanna May and husband Dennis; ten grandchildren: Shawn San Miguel and wife Lisa; Ryan San Miguel and wife Kylie, Robby May and wife Tracy; Ricky May, Kaleigh Cantwell, Micah San Miguel, Stefan San Miguel, Seth San Miguel and wife Anna; Shae Ann Pender and husband Will, Soren San Miguel and wife Jasmine; twelve great-grandchildren: Jordan Collins and husband Logan, Megan San Miguel, Logan San Miguel; Skylar San Miguel, Caleb San Miguel; Brayden May, Kylin May, Judson May; Ayden Biddy, Grayson Pender; Saul San Miguel and Samuel San Miguel; Jouleous San Miguel; Kennedy Cantwell and one great-great grandchild: Beckham Collins.

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