Buda man, WWII and Korea veteran, turns 108 years old

BUDA, Texas (KXAN) — Gene Ruf, a Buda man, who retired from the U.S. Army as a Master Sergeant, turned 108 years old on Wednesday and celebrated with his family days later.
Ruf was born in the shadow of Yankee Stadium in New York on April 19, 1909.
A flu epidemic killed Ruf’s parents and siblings when he was a child. Ruf ended up in an orphanage and never attended middle school and high school. Ruf earned a GED and after leaving the Army, earning Bachelor’s and Master’s d