Ruth Mabel Anthony

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Ruth M. (Anthony) Curtis, 88, of Medway, died Sunday, March 1, 2009, at Milford Regional Medical Center. She was the wife of the late Francis W. Curtis, who died in 1990. Born in Somerville May 18, 1920, the daughter of the late Angus and Leah (Copeland) Anthony, Mrs. Curtis had lived in Medway for most of her life. She was a 1936 graduate of Medway High School. Mrs. Curtis had been the senior coordinator for the Medway Elders for many years before retiring. She had previously worked in the cafeteria at Dean Jr. College. Mrs. Curtis also taught guitar. Helping others was a large part of Mrs. Curtis' life. She had been a Girl Scout and Cub Scout leader in Medway. She had also been the director of the Girl Scout camp on Adams Street in Medway for many years. She had been a driver for the FISH program, entertained with her guitar at nursing homes, prisons, and veterans' hospitals, and had taught crafts to the handicapped and developmentally challenged in the surrounding area. Mrs. Curtis had been a volunteer in the nurses office of the Medway elementary schools and had worked as a census taker and election poll worker in Medway. Mrs. Curtis had been a long and active member of the Rosalie Rebekah Lodge in Medway. She held numerous positions in the lodge and was the past president of the Massachusetts and Rhode Island Rebekahs, a position that took her to lodges throughout the nation. Mrs. Curtis loved to go camping and to play and listen to music. She is survived by her children, Frank S. Curtis and his wife, Ellen, of Citrus Springs, Fla., Charlene Coakley and her husband, Bob, of Medway, and Kathleen Mueller and her husband, Rick, of Madison, N.H. She was the sister of the late Fred, Arthur and Charles Anthony, and Margie Havilland and Winifred Cottam. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Tammy Reed of Medway, Cheri Richards of Standish, Maine, Mark Henschel of Lovell, Maine, Braden Curtis of Exeter, N.H., and Melissa Berio of Middleboro. She is also survived by eight great-grandchildren. Her funeral service will take place Wednesday, March 4, at the Medway Village Church, at 10 a.m. Calling hours are Tuesday, March 5, 5 to 8 p.m., at the Ginley Crowley Funeral Home, 3 Barber St., Medway. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Medway. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made in her memory to the Medway Village Church Food Pantry, 170 Village St., Medway, MA 02053.
--Published in Milford Daily News on Mar. 2, 2009

Family/Spouse: Francis Wesley Curtis. Francis (son of Oscar Perkins Curtis and Adeline Bell Huntoon) was born on 23 Feb 1918 in Meriden, Connecticut, USA; died on 3 Mar 1990 in Milford, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, West Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Frank S. Curtis
2. Charlene L. Curtis was born on 24 Jun 1945.
3. Kathleen Curtis

Angus married Leah Winifred Copeland. Leah was born in 1889 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1989. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]