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Ruth REYNOLDS

Female 1923 - 2012  (88 years)


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  • Name Ruth REYNOLDS 
    Born 10 Sep 1923 
    Gender Female 
    Died 2 May 2012  [1
    Buried Brookview Cemetery, Rising Sun, Cecil Co., MD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I21912  Primary
    Last Modified 30 Nov 2016 

    Father Curtis Spencer REYNOLDS,   b. 18 Mar 1888,   d. 15 Nov 1961  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Anna Love MCVEY,   b. 16 Nov 1889,   d. 25 Nov 1939  (Age 50 years) 
    Married 22 Jul 1920 
    Family ID F7642  Group Sheet

    Family Floyd GAMBLE,   d. 28 Apr 1982 
    Last Modified 30 Nov 2016 
    Family ID F7644  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S247] Newspaper Clipping, Cecil Whig, 4 May 2012.
      Ruth Reynolds Gamble, passed away peacefully on May 2/2012. She was a life-long resident of Cecil County. She was born in Rising Sun, MD, on September 10, 1923 and was the daughter of Anna and Curtis Reynolds of Rising Sun, MD

      Mrs. Gamble graduated from Rising Sun High School in June 1940 and attended Goldey College in Wilmington, DE. She married Floyd L. Gamble on March 31, 1945. Floyd passed away on April 28, 1982.

      She began working for Hercules Powder Co. in Wilmington, DE on December 21, 1942 and later went to work at Aberdeen Proving Ground from which she retired on March 31, 1993 after 50 years of service as an Administrative Officer for the APG controller

      Ruth was an avid golfer and played in the Ladies Group at Chantilly Golf Club. She loved to play bridge and belonged to the Tuesday Bridge Club and Wednesday nights at the American Legion in Rising Sun. She was a member of the 6, 7 and 8th Auxiliary of Union Hospital and a volunteer at the hospital gift shop. Ruth was a life-long member of Janes United Methodist Church in Rising Sun.

      She was preceded in death by her sister, Mildred R. Gifford. She is survived by her sisters-in-law, Frances Gamble Preston and Helen Gamble; niece Nancy G. Williams and her husband Frank and their children, Grace and Jill, Scott Williams, Donna W. Burton and husband Joshua and son, Braxton; niece Melissa G. Buckland and husband Bran and their children, Victoria, Jessica and Christopher; nephew Kirk C. Gifford; grandnephew, George Gamble and wife Janice and their children, Madison and Johanna; and grandniece, Jill Gupta and husband, Sunil and their children, Priya and Kavita.