Ruth Fife
Ruth G. Fife, 80, died on Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at Baystate Medical Center. She was born in Springfield on October 3, 1939 to the late Roger and Gladys (Leighton) Williams. She grew up in Springfield and graduated from Trade High School. She has lived in Westfield for the past 50 years. Ruth worked at Stop & Shop, at Bradlees, and alongside her husband at Ken Fife’s Westfield Service Center. She also drove a school bus and was a paraprofessional for the Westfield School System. Before retiring in 2016, Ruth ran the Career Center at Westfield High School. In her private life, she enjoyed camping and cooking. Ruth was also an avid reader and knitter who not only ran a knitting club at the High School, but also at the Westfield Athenaeum. Ruth was predeceased by her husband Kenneth Fife in 2006. She leaves her children Brian Fife of Westfield, John Buoniconti of Colorado and Robin Delaney of East Longmeadow, her sister Anne Guerin of Westfield, her grandchildren Ryan, Riley, Grant and Max, her nieces Roxanne Houle and Rhonda Roberts. The funeral for Ruth will be held on Friday, Feb. 21 at the Firtion- Adams Funeral Service, 76 Broad St. in Westfield. Calling hours will be from 9 a.m. till 11 a.m. with a service immediately following at 11 a.m. Burial will follow at the Pine Hill Cemetery.
