Ruth N. Cumming

Cumming, Ruth N., 79, November 17, 2008.  Arrangements by Dunn Funeral Home, Houlton.  Interment was held in the Evergreen Cemetery, Houlton.
    Houlton – Ruth Neal Cumming, 79, died Nov. 17, 2008, at a Bangor hospital. She was born June 9, 1929, in Debec, NB, Canada, the daughter of Kenneth and Dora (Hatfield) Neal.
    Ruth was a member of the Houlton United Methodist Church and the Ebbett Circle. Ruth started working at the Boston Shoe Store in Houlton at the early age of 17 and retired when the store closed its doors in the 1980's. She especially loved her dogs, but her greatest love was spending time at Drews Lake with her family and in the last five years the light of her life was her grandson, John.
    Ruth is survived by her sons, Leonard Cumming and his wife Mary of Odessa, FL; James Cumming and his wife Deborah of Houlton; three grandchildren, Tyson and Tiffany Cumming and John Cumming. She was predeceased by her husband of 53 years, John; her son, Robert; and brother, Kenneth Neal Jr.
    Friends called at the Dunn Funeral Home, 11 Park Street, Houlton 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday. A funeral service was held Friday 11 a.m. at the funeral home with Rev. Naomi Sam’Kpakra as officiate. Interment was in the Houlton Evergreen Cemetery. Friends may make gifts in Ruth’s memory to the Houlton United Methodist Church, c/o Dunn Funeral Home, 11 Park Street, Houlton, 04730.