1925
Ruth
2014
Ruth A. Walker
April 25, 1925 — May 18, 2014
JEFFERSON - Ruth A. Walker, 89, of John Walker Road, died at her home Sunday evening May 18, 2014.
Mrs. Walker was born in Morrisplains, New Jersey on April 25, 1925 the daughter of Charles and Dorothy (Willey) Enman.
She attended schools in Morrisplains and Morristown, NJ, moving to Jefferson in 1944. That same year she met her husband Richard H. Walker and married him in 1945. When Richard predeceased her in 2005 they had been married for 60 years. For a time she worked for the hot lunch program in the Jefferson and Lancaster schools. Ruth enjoyed crafts and loved going to church.
Surviving family members include a son Thomas Walker and his wife Alberta of Jefferson; two daughters Lora Ruth Ashton and husband Gary of Barton, VT, Dorothy Wright and husband Gary of Fresno, CA; 9 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; three sisters, Elaine Kenison of Port Orchard, Washington, Marietta Ingerson of Jefferson, Barbara Connel, of Sandy, Utah. She was also predeceased by five brothers, Robert, Donald, Charlie, Lawrence, Bruce and a sister Eleanor Cloyd.
Visiting hours will be held Wednesday evening May 21, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at the Bailey Funeral Home, Lancaster. A funeral service will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:00 PM at the Jefferson Christian Church. Reverend Dean Stiles, Pastor, will officiate. Burial will follow in Forest Vale Cemetery, Jefferson.
Donations may be made in her memory to the Jefferson Christian Church, c/o Opal Bronson, PO Box 81, Jefferson, NH 03583.
Mrs. Walker was born in Morrisplains, New Jersey on April 25, 1925 the daughter of Charles and Dorothy (Willey) Enman.
She attended schools in Morrisplains and Morristown, NJ, moving to Jefferson in 1944. That same year she met her husband Richard H. Walker and married him in 1945. When Richard predeceased her in 2005 they had been married for 60 years. For a time she worked for the hot lunch program in the Jefferson and Lancaster schools. Ruth enjoyed crafts and loved going to church.
Surviving family members include a son Thomas Walker and his wife Alberta of Jefferson; two daughters Lora Ruth Ashton and husband Gary of Barton, VT, Dorothy Wright and husband Gary of Fresno, CA; 9 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; three sisters, Elaine Kenison of Port Orchard, Washington, Marietta Ingerson of Jefferson, Barbara Connel, of Sandy, Utah. She was also predeceased by five brothers, Robert, Donald, Charlie, Lawrence, Bruce and a sister Eleanor Cloyd.
Visiting hours will be held Wednesday evening May 21, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at the Bailey Funeral Home, Lancaster. A funeral service will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:00 PM at the Jefferson Christian Church. Reverend Dean Stiles, Pastor, will officiate. Burial will follow in Forest Vale Cemetery, Jefferson.
Donations may be made in her memory to the Jefferson Christian Church, c/o Opal Bronson, PO Box 81, Jefferson, NH 03583.
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