General Notes

Masters Degree in Art Ed. from Assumption College and Anna Maria Colleges

BIOGRAPHY: Ruth was born in Manchester, NH. She was baptized in the Manchester Unitarian Church. The family moved from Manchester to Harvard, MA and lived on the farm of the T. Priest family where her father worked. She recollected in 1997 that she rode to school on a hay wagon caring her bottle of milk and lunch. They later moved to Allston, and finally settled in East Braintree where she received her remaining elementery and high school education at Thayer Academy. She went on to Mass. School of Art graduating with a medal for excellence and a Certificate in Fashion Design. After graduating she lived at the YWCA in Worcester, MA and worked at C.T. Sherers where she met a dashing young radio repairman Herb Wentworth and after due courtship they eloped to Gloversville, NY and were married by their friend Rev. L. Burlin Main. Children Susan and John remember that she was a Brownie Scout Leader, Girl Scout Leader, Cub Scout Den Mother and did numerous crafts and art projects with those organization and with the children at home. Ruth and Herb loved cocker spaniels and through her life there was always one beside her. Some beloved cockers were: Happy, Beau, Star, Plato, Ripley and Amy (there must have been more. She Belonged to the Eastern Star, Unity School of Christianity and was a life long member of the Paxton Congregational Church. Ruth's Great Aunt May Mitchell left her cottage in Old Orchard Beach, ME to Ruth's mother Emma Mitchell Burdett and later to Ruth. The family still enjoys vacation and work/repair times there to this day (2004).