Obituary of Ruth H. Wilson

WESTFIELD - Ruth H. (Hackett) Wilson, age _________, a long time resident of Westfield, died ________________ at Absolut Care of Dunkirk following an extended illness. Ruth was born on September 22, 1926 in Dunkirk, NY, the daughter of the late Merle Esther (Easto) Hackett. She was a 1944 graduate of Dunkirk High School and a 1948 graduate of Cortland State Teachers College (now SUNY Cortland). Following graduation from college, she taught at Bellville Central School, near Watertown, NY (Jefferson County). On July 20, 1949 she married Warren H. Wilson in Dunkirk, NY and together they moved to Cooperstown, NY (Otsego County) with the GLF. Later they moved to Castile, NY (Wyoming County) and owned and operated the Castile GLF (now Agway). IN 1960 they came to Westfield to own and operate the Westfield GLF (Agway). Mrs. Wilson taught Physical Education at Westfield Academy and Central School from 1960 until her retirement in June of 1981. Mrs. Wilson was a member of St. Peters Episcopal Church, and a former member of the church's flower guild and ECW, The Kappa Delta Pi National Honor Society of Education and the YWCA of Westfield. Mrs. Wilson was also a former member of the Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 232 of Castile, NY. Survivors include her daughter Wendy and her husband Jonathan Denn of West Cornwall, CT, and Dennis MA, and her daughter Holly and her husband Timothy Keefe of Ft. Wayne, IN and Englewood, FL. Also surviving are her grandson Ryan Keefe, his wife Cara and children Virginia and Timothy; grandson, Matthew Keefe and granddaughter, Lisa and her husband Stan Griswold and their children, Chase, Taylor and Evan Griswold all of Ft. Wayne, IN. Ruth was preceded in death by her husband Warren H. Wilson on May 9, 1995 and her brother, The Rev. Earle R. Hackett. No calling hours will be observed. A private Memorial Service will be held at a later date. Memorials may be made to St. Peters Episcopal Church, 12 Elm Street, Westfield, NY 14787 Patterson Library, 40 So. Portage Street, Westfield, NY 14787. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to the MASON Funeral Home, 37 Clinton St., Westfield, NY 14787. Log on to www.masonfuneral.com to send Ruth's family a message of condolence.