BANGOR – M. Ruth Gagnon, 95, died March 20, 2009, at a local nursing home. She was born April 29, 1913, in Bangor, the daughter of James and Emma (Russell) McCarthy. Ruth was a lifelong communicant of St. John’s Catholic Church, Bangor. She was a member of St. John’s Women’s Council and a parish secretary for the priests. Ruth was a graduate of Beal’s Business College. She is survived by two daughters, Mary Jaylene Cormier and her husband, Robert, and Carole Blomberg and her husband, David, all of Bangor; two sisters, Helen McCarthy of Bangor and Isabelle Smith of Scarborough; three grandchildren, Garth Cormier, Jennifer Barbour and Meaghan McAvoy; six great-grandchildren; and a very special niece, Paula Paradis of Bangor. She was predeceased by her husband of 56 years, Louis in 1999. Honoring Ruth’s request, there will be no calling hours. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. John’s Catholic Church. Interment will be after in the family lot at Mount Pleasant Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, gifts may be made to CancerCare of Maine. Funeral services are under the direction of Greenlawn Funeral Directors, Bangor.
M. RUTH GAGNON
