Ruth E. (Bryant) Gibbs of Westfield, MA passed away peacefully at the Governor’s Center, surrounded by her loving family on Tuesday, October 27, 2015. Ruth was predeceased by her loving husband Robert L. Gibbs in 1974, her son, Robert L. Gibbs, Jr in 2008, her brother Alfred Bryant and her sister Lillian N. Murphy. She leaves her devoted daughters, Patricia Stec and her husband John, Linda M. Brittain and her husband Patrick, her grandsons, John T Stec, Jr. and her great granddaughters, Colleen and Sarah Stec. Her grandson Richard Stec and his wife Gina and great grandson Everett. Her grandsons Jonathan Gibbs and Brian Gibbs, and her brother, Theodore of Charleston.
Ruth was a department manager for JC Penney for 8 years, assistant manager for Albert Steiger’s for 24 years and retired in 1987, and worked as a receptionist at the YMCA. She was a communicant of St. Peter’s/ St. Casmir’s Parish, a previous resident of General Shepard, was a volunteer during Desert Storm with the USO in food serving and cooking and many different volunteering endeavors. She became limited over the past 7 ½ years due to Dementia and poor health. A very loving and caring person to everyone who she came in contact with. Her family would like to extend a very special thanks to the staff at Governor’s Center for the wonderful care and support given to Ruth and her family over the past 7 ½ years. Ruth’s funeral will be held on Saturday at 9AM from Firtion Adams FS, 76 Broad St. Westfield, MA 01085 followed by a Liturgy of Christian Burial at 10 AM in St. Peter’s/St. Casmir’s Parish, 34 State St. Westfield, MA. Burial will follow in Pine Hill Cemetery, Western Ave. Westfield, MA 01085. Visiting hours will be held on Friday from 4-7 PM at the funeral home. Ruth was a donor to St. Jude since 1984, so in her memory and in lieu of flowers, her family asks that donations be directed to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-1905.
