KINGFIELD – Ruth (Curran) Williamson, 95, passed away July 22, 2006, at Franklin Memorial Hospital, Farmington. She was born May 2, 1911, in Richmond, the daughter of Harry B. and Francis (Gilbert) Curran. She graduated from Richmond High Schooland later married the late Dana L. Williamson June 15, 1935. Ruth was a member of the Electa Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star in Richmond, the Kingfield Senior Citizens, the Kingtown Literary Club, the Kingfield Senior Extension and was a corporator and trustee of the Webster Library in Kingfield. She enjoyed family, reading, wild flowers, birds and crossword puzzles. He is survived by two daughters, Anne Williamson of Cambridge, Mass. and Janet Hewett of Machias; three sons, James Williamson of Kingfield, David Williamson and his wife, Olivia, of Woolwich and Terrence Williamson and his wife, Pamela, of Hampden; five grandchildren, Michael Williamson, Jennifer Maconochie and her husband, James, Dianne Strait and her husband, Shannon, and Andrew and Sarah Hewett; five great-grandchildren, David, and Brennen Strait, Ethan and Henry Maconochie and Anna-Maire Staples; a sister-in-law, Irene Curran; and much loved nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, Dana L. Williamson; three brothers, Terrence, Harry and Gordon; and a son-in-law, John Hewett. A funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, July 27, at the Kingfield United Methodist Church, Kingfield. A committal service will be after at East New Portland Cemetery in New Portland. Donations may be made in Ruth’s memory to the Kingfield Senior Citizens or the Webster Library, Depot Street, Kingfield, ME 04947. Arrangements are under the direction of Smart and Edwards Funeral Home, 183 Madison Ave, Skowhegan.
RUTH (CURRAN) WILLIAMSON
