Wareham - Ruth W. (Taber) Pierce, 97, of Fairhaven passed away July 5, 2013 at The Tremont Rehab. and Skilled Care Center. She was the widow of Donald I. Pierce.
Mrs. Pierce was born in Acushnet, daughter of the late Clarence E. and Sarah E. (Westgate) Taber, and resided in Fairhaven most of her life. She was employed as a supervisor by the Acushnet Co. until her retirement in 1979 after 42 years. She was a life member of the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants.
Survivors include her son, Donald I. Pierce, Jr. and wife Janet of Reading, MA; daughter Suzanne K. Dixon and husband Walter of Rochester, MA. Grandchildren, Nancy Pierce and her children, Dylan, Dustin and Edith Neidhart of Croton on Hudson, NY, Jeffrey Pierce, wife Terry, children Krista and Bryan of Reading, MA, Leslie Narahara, husband Daniel, children Andrew, Emily and Carolyn of Reading, MA, Jacob Dixon of Brooklyn, NY and Molly Fournier, husband Christopher, children Winslow and Felix of Fairfax, VT.
She was mother of the late Thomas Keith and sister of the late Clarence E. Taber, Jr. and Frances L. Longfield.
Funeral services will be private.