Ruth Estelle Cable, 92 Formerly of Concord, died April 11, 2015, at Merrimack County Home, in Boscawen. Born, the first of four children, in Philadelphia, PA on February 19, 1923, she was the daughter of Thomas Reuben and Vira Elizabeth (Mills) Whittaker. Ruth graduated from Central High School, in Bridgeport, CT. Ruth lived most of her life in Connecticut, where she married Raymond Lewis Cable on Valentine’s Day in 1943 at Washington Park Methodist church in Bridgeport, CT. They settled in Nichols, CT. in 1950 and enjoyed fifty-five years together before Raymond’s death in 1998. Ruth moved to Concord, NH. in 2001. Ruth worked as a bookkeeper for the Trumbull Board of Education, Trumbull, CT, for many years. Ruth was an active member of the Nichols United Methodist Church, Trumbull, CT. and the Wesley United Methodist Church in Concord, NH. She shared her faith with many people through her “greeting card” ministry. She will be remembered for her ever-present smile and sincere notes of love and compassion. Ruth was also predeceased by her two brothers, James and Robert Whittaker. Ruth is survived by her three children, Sharon R. Brignon and her husband Scott of Graham, NC, Janice L. Lyman and her husband Richard of Avon Park, FL, Cathy J. Gathercole and her husband Kevin of Washington, NH, six grand children, Cheri McKay, Camille Peterson, Russell and Jeffrey Lyman, Jennifer Gathercole and Rebecca Benoit, eleven great grandchildren, Caitlin, Dylan, Kyle, Baylee, Lexi, James, Nicholas, Mia, Elleora, Abriel, and Quintin, one great great grandson, Bradley James, a brother, Brian Whittaker of Charlotte, NC, many nieces and nephews. Graveside services will be held in the Lakeview Cemetery, Bridgeport, CT. at the convenience of the family. In lieu of flowers, donations in Ruth’s memory may be made to the Wesley United Methodist Church, UMW, c/o Nancy Fransen, 79 Clinton St. Concord, NH. 03301 or the Nichols United Methodist Church, 35 Shelton Road, Trumbull, CT. 06611.
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Ruth Cable
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