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Gertrude Ruark Brittingham
Posted 6/13/08
Gertrude Ruark Brittingham, 82 HOOPERSVILLE, MD. - Gertrude Ruark Brittingham, of Hoopersville, Md., passed away at the home of her grandson in Dover on Wednesday, June 11, 2008. She was 82. She was …
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Gertrude Ruark Brittingham
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Gertrude Ruark Brittingham, 82
HOOPERSVILLE, MD. - Gertrude Ruark Brittingham, of Hoopersville, Md., passed away at the home of her grandson in Dover on Wednesday, June 11, 2008. She was 82.
She was born in Hoopersville on April 26, 1926, the daughter of the late Horace and Sue Ruark Ruark.
She attended school at Hoopers Island, Md. For many years she had worked in the seafood industry at Rippons Brothers Seafood and Ruark & Ashton Seafood. Mrs. Brittingham had continued working until she was 80.
On July 11, 1944, she was married to Samuel James Brittingham. He passed away on Dec. 24, 1990.
She had enjoyed playing bingo and playing cards. Mrs. Brittingham had been in failing health for the past year when she passed away at her grandsons' home on Wednesday.
In addition to her parents and her husband she was preceded in death by two daughters, Cara Mae Hart and June Johnson; and two sons, Lawrence S. Brittingham and Jerry Brittingham.
Mrs. Brittingham is survived by a daughter, Linda Stevens and her husband Billy Stevens of Cambridge, Md.; 11 grandchildren Ralph Stevens, Lawrence Stevens, Chuckie Stevens, David Stevens and his wife Tracy, Terry Sherman and her husband Todd Sr., Jeannie Moxie and her husband Owen, Donna Rae Blann and her husband Brian, Theresa Smith and her husband Wayne, Jessie Brittingham, Lonnie Brittingham and Nikki Johnson; 10 great grandchildren; three sisters, Nancy Robbins of Robbins, Md., Betty Lou Middleton of North Carolina, Karen Ruark of Hoopersville; one brother Donald Ruark of Dailsville, Md.; and several nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday in the Thomas Funeral Home in Cambridge, Md., with Pastor Terri Moore officiating. Interment will follow at Dorchester Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday evening.
Memorial contributions may be made in Mrs. Brittingham's name to the Capitol Baptist Church, 401 Kesselring Ave., Dover, DE 19904. Pallbearers will be David Stevens, Ralph Stevens, Chuckie Stevens and Lawrence Stevens.
