Ruth Ann Duggan

After a wonderful life with husband, David and daughter, Erin, God has called Ruth Ann (Aerts) Duggan to the end of her 55 year earthly journey. Additionally, Ruth is survived by parents, Robert Sr. and Velma Aerts; siblings, Robert Aerts Jr.and wife, Sandra, Elizabeth Aerts, Christopher Aerts and wife, Geri, Phillip Aerts and wife, Paula, Annette Blackwell and husband, Thad; and numerous nieces and nephews. Ruth was preceded in death by her sister, Mary Aerts. You are invited to bring a happy disposition and wear bright colors to a memorial service at Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Thursday, September 25, 2014 at 7:00 p.m., which begins with a Divine Mercy Chaplet. A Divine Mercy Chaplet will also precede (by 20 minutes) the Mass of Resurrection at San Miguel Catholic Church in Socorro, New Mexico on Friday, September 26, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. Her career of 24 years at Sandia National Laboratories was spent developing security analysis methodologies including Physical, Information, Border, Cooperative Monitoring, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Verification, and Insider. Her last years were spent teaching international nuclear security at various locations around the globe. She had the privilege to visit over 29 international locations during her life. Ruth was an active member of Our Lady of the Assumption Parish and volunteered on many levels from teaching Religious Education Classes to serving on Parish and School councils. Her passions included astronomy, old books, genealogy, crochet, and going out to a movie. Her greatest joy came from time spent family and friends while entertaining at home or traveling all over the US, especially when playing games, scrapbooking, and assembling jigsaw puzzles. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations or endowments may be made to the Roadrunner Food Bank.