Ruth Evelyn Hill

Ruth Evelyn Hill 1917-2011

Ruth Evelyn Hill passed away peacefully at her home on Friday July 1st with family and friends by her side.

She was the daughter of the late Augusta Bendikta Anderson and Herman Sigfrid Peterson. Born in Brockton, Massachusetts in 1917, Ruth graduated from Brockton High School in 1935 and began work as a secretary at Barbour Welting Company. Soon she rose to the rank of Executive Secretary to the President of Bostonian Shoe in Boston. During that time, she met her future husband, Richard Chester Hill, while bicycling along W.D. Fields Parkway in Brockton. The couple was married on Nantucket Island on August 14, 1937, and honeymooned on Marthas Vineyard. They remained married until Mr. Hills death in 1986.

While her children were young, Mrs. Hill devoted her time and energy to activities in which they were involved, serving as a Cub Scout Den Mother, Sunday School Teacher, grade school room mother, and Girl Scout Leader. She returned to the work force in the early 1960s, serving first as a bank teller and then branch manager of the Plymouth Home National Bank in her hometown of West Bridgewater, Massachusetts. She held that position until her retirement in 1972. She was always active in the community, serving for many years as a Deaconess at the First Congregational Unitarian Church in West Bridgewater, and also held office in the local KA Womens Club.

Following retirement, she and her husband moved to Naples Florida, where she remained until 1997, when she relocated to Gainesville. Mrs. Hill loved to bowl and belonged to many leagues both in Massachusetts and Florida. She was also an avid Shuffleboard player, and won the Naples, FL City Championship on several occasions.

Mrs. Hill was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, Richard C. Hill; her grandson Gregory Adam Hill; and her great grandson Bryan Spencer. She is survived by one son David (Laura) Hill of Plymouth, Massachusetts; one daughter Judy (Craig) Carpenter of Gainesville; grandson Jeffrey (Nancy) Hill, Colorado Springs, CO; two granddaughters Jennifer (Jerry) Spencer, Plymouth, MA and Kristin (Dave) Curylo, Carrollton, GA; and great grandchildren Adam, Madison, Emma and Grace Spencer, Plymouth, MA; Tyler and Jacoby Hill, Colorado Springs, CO; and Charlie Curylo, Carrollton, GA.

Memorial services are scheduled for 2:00 PM Tuesday July 5th in the Chapel of Grace Episcopal Church, Gainesville, The Rev. Douglas Dailey officiating.

In lieu of flowers, the family request donation to the Chapel of Grace Episcopal Church in her loving memory.

Arrangements by Bayrs Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 155 Professional Park Drive, Cumming, Georgia. (678) 455-5815. Online condolences can be made at www.byarsfuneralhome.com.