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The Boris & Edith Rueger Fund
to support the
Boris & Edith Rueger Gallery
at the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History


Boris & Edith Rueger
Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History
Boris and Edith Rueger were the longest and most significant supporters of the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History when they became involved in year 2000. Sadly, Edith Zal Rueger passed away on August 26, 2010 which was nearly one-year and two months to date of the passing of her husband Boris Rueger who preceded her in death in June 2009. 
 
For numerous years, the Ruegers have supported the Museum's inventive educational programs and efforts to secure a permanent home.  Some of the Museum programs which they supported included the annual Children & Parents Day event that has been held in Boynton Beach; and they also funded the Museum’s Narrated Bus Tours of Historic Delray Beach and the Children’s Mathematics in Design & History program.  In Addition, the Ruegers also sponsored the Museum’s efforts to open in its current 8,000 square feet facility located in Boynton Beach, Florida  at the Boynton Beach Mall.  Because of the support from the Ruegers, the facility was renovated and includes three gallery spaces and an education room. One of the galleries will be named in honor of the Ruegers.

For more than 45 years, the Ruegers lived in Delaware County, Pennsylvania where Boris Rueger was a co-owner of the East End Repair Shop.   He and his wife Edith married more than 65 years ago on December 31, 1944.

The Ruegers lived in Pennsylvania until their retirement to Delray Beach, Florida more than 20 years ago.  They both helped to create and chaired for 16 years a cultural program called “Summer Humanities” for residents of Huntington Lakes in Delray Beach, Florida.  The Ruegers were also active members at Temple Sinai in Delray Beach, Florida.

Boris and Edith Rueger was each others best friend.  Their birth dates were only one day a part as Edith often recalled “Bob’s birthday is November 22nd and my birthday is November 21st.”  They are survived by their two wonderful children, Larry Rueger and Judi Space; and two fantastic grandchildren Rita Rueger and Dana Rueger along with a host of many wonderful family members and friends.  And, the Ruegers also developed a very special friendship with Lori J. Durante who is the Executive Director of the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History.  Lori often referred to the Ruegers as her “honorary grandparents.”

Boris and Edith are now both interred in Wallingford, Pennsylvania.
 

Year 2011 marks the 12th anniversary of the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History.  The Ruegers had dedicated many years to help the Museum realize its dream of a permanent home. In Fall of 2009,  the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History opened in a donated facility at the Boynton Beach Mall in Boynton Beach, Florida. The Museum will be at the mall location while efforts still continue for the permanent facility. A gallery at the Museum will be named in their honor.

To Make A Donation:
If you would like to make a monetary donation to the Museum towards a fund to help raise monies for the gallery to be named in the honor of Boris & Edith Rueger, send a monetary donation, in any amount, payable to the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History at P.O. Box 6127, Delray Beach, Florida 33482 or donations can be made on-line.  For more information, call 561-243-2662 or e-mail: donate@mlfhmuseum.org.


The Philadelphia Inquirer
Inquirer

Edith Rueger, helped establish lifestyle museum in Florida

September 09, 2010|By JOHN F. MORRISON,

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