Ruth Evelyn Yeaw1

F, #39517, b. Sep 11, 1912, d. Sep 20, 2010

Family

Walter Wesley Worden b. Apr 11, 1896, d. Aug 31, 1958
Child

Chronological Events

Birth*Sep 11, 1912 Ruth Evelyn Yeaw was born on Sep 11, 1912 at Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont, United States.1 
Marriage*Jun 8, 1935 She married Walter Wesley Worden on Jun 8, 1935 at Elizabethtown, Essex County, New York, United States.1,2 
Death*Sep 20, 2010 Ruth Evelyn Yeaw died on Sep 20, 2010, at age 98 at Vernon Green Nursing Home, Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont, United States.2 
ObituarySep 21, 2010  OBITUARY: BRATTLEBORO - Ruth Y. Worden, 98, a former resident of Clark Avenue, died peacefully early Monday morning, September 20, 2010 at Vernon Green Nursing Home following a period of declining health.

Mrs. Worden was born in Brattleboro on September 11, 1912, the daughter of Wayne and Elinor (Bemis) Yeaw.

She was raised on Melrose Street and had attended Academy School and was a graduate of Brattleboro High School, Class of 1930.

She later attended Bay Path College in Springfield, Mass where she graduated from with a degree in education.

She had been employed as secretary to the superintendant for Windham Southeast Supervisory Union where she retired from in 1989. She also taught part-time at Brattleboro Union High School. Mrs. Worden started her teaching career in Bristol, Vermont and in her earlier years she worked in the offices at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital.

She had attended First Congregational Church in West Brattleboro and held membership in the Retired Teachers Association.

On June 8, 1935 in Elizabethtown, New York she was married to Walter W. Worden who predeceased her in August of 1958.

She leaves, three daughters, Elinor Farrington and husband, Robert of Greenfield and Marjorie Guthrie and husband, Richard and Dorothy Farnum and husband, David all of Brattleboro, ten grandchildren, eight great grandchildren and two great -great granddaughters. Additionally she is survived by many nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by a great grandson Joshua Farnum.

FUNERAL NOTICE: Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 11 a.m. at THE ATAMANIUK FUNERAL HOME with Pastor Steve McClelland officiating. There are no calling hours at the funeral home.

Burial will follow in Meetinghouse Hill Cemetery on Orchard Street where she will be laid to rest next to her husband.

Memorial contributions in Mrs. Worden's name may be made to, Rescue Inc. P.O. Box 593, Brattleboro, Vermont 05302.

To sign an online guestbook or send messages of e-condolence please visit www.atamaniuk.com.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Atamaniuk Funeral Home.

Published in the Brattleboro Reformer (VT) - Tuesday, September 21, 2010.2
 
Burial*Sep 23, 2010 She was buried on Sep 23, 2010 at Meeting House Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 183662949.3 

Citations

  1. [S2194] Vermont - Marriage Record, online at Ancestry.com.
  2. [S19] Obituary - Online, Newspaper or Funeral Home.
  3. [S58] Gravestones - Death Cert, Find-A-Grave, BillionGraves, #19.