Schaumburg, IL…….Ruth E. (Douglas) Gifford, 98, wife of the late Lincoln S. Gifford of Schaumburg, IL passed away Sunday at Friendship Village after a long illness. Born in Brunswick, ME, the daughter of the late Charles L. and Ruth A. (Curtis) Douglas, and living there until moving to Illinois in 1949.
Mrs. Gifford was a lifelong member of the Durham Friends Meeting House in Durham, ME. She was a graduate of Moses Brown in Providence, RI and received her Bachelors Degree in Home Economics from Farmington Normal School in Farmington, ME. She was also a member of the Norwood Park Women’s Club of Chicago, IL.
Survivors include: 3 sons: Lincoln S. Gifford, Jr. of Nashua, NH, Douglas N. Gifford of Elmhurst, IL and Donald C. Gifford of Glen Ellyn, IL; 2 sisters: Pauline Douglas of Freeport, ME and Carol Douglas of Gardiner, ME; 11 grandchildren; 24 great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Gifford was also the sister of the late Isaiah Douglas, C. Lawrence Douglas, Hilda Douglas, Dorothy Douglas, Barbara Sherbak and Estella Latty.
Services to which relatives and friends are invited will be held Friday, February 13, 2004 at 11:00 A.M. at the Allen’s Neck Friends Meeting House, 739 Horseneck Rd., Dartmouth, MA.
Calling hours are omitted.
Interment will be immediately following the service at Allen’s Neck Friends Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations can be made to: Allen’s Neck Friends Meeting House, c/o Richard Mason, 363 Pine Hill Rd., Westport, MA 02790.