Title
Mrs.
Last Name
White
First Name
Ruth
Middle Name
A.
Maiden Name
Page
Nick Name
Place of Birth
Dexter,ME
Date of Birth
1930-04-10
Place of Death
Dover-Foxcroft,ME
Date of Death
1998-08-16
Publication
Bangor Daily 8-1998
Obituary
RUTH A. WHITE CAMBRIDGE - Ruth A. White, 68, died Aug. 16, 1998, at a Do- ver-Foxcroft hospital. She was bom April 10, 1930, in Dexter, the daughter of Edward and Louise (McCarthy) Page. She was a gradu- ate of Hartland Academy. She worked for several years at the local factories including Dexter Shoe Co. in Dexter and Hathaway Shirt Co. in Dover-Foxcroft. She married Orie F. White in 1948 and for the past 20 year she assisted her husband in his pulp contracting business. She was a past member of the OES. She was an avid bird watcher and loved knitting, especially for her grand- children . She is survived by her hus- band, Orie White of Cambridge; a son, Robert White of Cambridge; four daughters, Sheryl Batey of Garland, Nancy and her hus6and, Michael Glidden of Cambridge, Peggy White. of Winthrop, Mass., Bonnie and her husband, Donald Martel of Cambridge; a sister, Estelle Mason of Dexter; eight grandchildren, Erika and Joshua Batey, Amie and Becky Glidden, Bryan and Corie White, Kelsey and Kellie Martel several nieces and nephews. There will be no public calling hours. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday at Crosby- Neal Funeral Home, 61 Main St., Dexter, Burial will be in Cambridge Memorial Garden Cemetery, Cam- bridge. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent to the Ameri- can Lung Association, 128 Sewall St., Augusta 04330.