Ruth Goldbloom: Barbara Goldbloom-Hughes

Family Members Dept: More than 2,000 friends, family members, dignitaries, and others who felt an emotional connection to Goldbloom attended the funeral. Ruth Goldbloom lost her fight against cancer on Wednesday. She was 88-years-old. Andrew Vaughan/CP, according to CBC. "It's been overwhelming for me to realize just how much my mother was loved and appreciated in this community." Hundreds of people from across the country flooded into the Cunard Centre near Pier 21 Friday afternoon to remember iconic Halifax philanthropist, Ruth Goldbloom. Her daughter Barbara Goldbloom-Hughes described her mother as a "fearless" volunteer who loved life and had the tendency to talk about everything as being, "the best, the greatest or simply perfect." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.