Ruth C. James

JAMES, Ruth C., 88, CHAPMAN, at Presque Isle, March 2, 2013. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m., Wed., March 6, 2013, at the Presque Isle Congregational Church. Arrangements are in the care of Duncan-Graves Funeral Home, Presque Isle.

    CHAPMAN – Ruth C. James, 88, passed away Saturday March 2, 2013, at the Aroostook Medical Center in Presque Isle. She was born on September 4, 1924, in Mars Hill, the daughter of Edward and Charlotte (Reese) Cheney.
    She taught school at the one room Hodgdon School in Chapman. Once her children were raised, she worked as the Children’s Librarian at the Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library in Presque Isle and then spent 17 years as librarian at the Skyway Middle School. She also liked to read and knit. Ruth was an active member of the Presque Isle Congregational Church.
    She is survived by a son, Larry James and his wife, Jane of Chapman; two daughters and their husbands, Carol and John Kearney of Lake George, NY, and Susan and David Tompkins of Presque Isle; six grandchildren, Kelly Kearney Deitz, Kyle Kearney, Heather Tompkins, Amy James Polyot, Kimberly Tompkins Yeo, Benjamin James; and four great-grandchildren.
    Ruth was predeceased by her husband, Harold in 1998; a son, Richard James; three brothers and two sisters.
    There will be no calling hours. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m., Wed., March 6, 2013, at the Presque Isle Congregational Church with Rev. Tim Stohlberg officiating. Spring interment will be at Fairmount Cemetery. Donations may be made in her memory to the Presque Isle Congregational Church, 29 Church St., Presque Isle, ME 04769. Online condolences may be expressed at www.duncan-graves.com.