WILLIAMSTOWN -- Ruth Louise Fonda Bump, 87, of 586 North Hoosac Road, died Tuesday at her home.
Born in Yonkers, N.Y., on Feb. 25, 1919, daughter of William and Ethel Kastenbein Fonda, she moved to Bennington, Vt., as a child and attended schools there. She graduated from Bennington High School in 1938.
Mrs. Bump was a homemaker.
She was active in the Williamstown Baptist Church, where she was a member of the Baptist Women's Fellowship. She also was a member of the Williamstown Friendship Club at the Harper Center, and a member of the Bennington Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution. She enjoyed crafts, sewing, antiques and gardening.
Her husband, Kenneth M. Bump, whom she married April 26, 1941, died Nov. 5, 1981.
Mrs. Bump leaves three sons, sister, five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
FUNERAL NOTICE -- The funeral for Ruth Louise Fonda Bump, who died Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2007, will take place tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Williamstown, the Rev. Peter Daniels, pastor, officiating. Burial will take place in the family plot in Parklawn Cemetery, Bennington, Vt. Memorial donations are suggested for the VNA & Hospice of Northern Berkshire or First Baptist Church of Williamstown, in care of FLYNN & DAGNOLI-MONTAGNA HOME FOR FUNERALS WEST CHAPEL, 521 West Main St., North Adams, MA. Mrs. Bump will be remembered as a devoted wife, mother and grandmother.
Published by The Berkshire Eagle on Feb. 7, 2007.
WILLIAMSTOWN -- Ruth Louise Fonda Bump, 87, of 586 North Hoosac Road, died Tuesday at her home.
Born in Yonkers, N.Y., on Feb. 25, 1919, daughter of William and Ethel Kastenbein Fonda, she moved to Bennington, Vt., as a child and attended schools there. She graduated from Bennington High School in 1938.
Mrs. Bump was a homemaker.
She was active in the Williamstown Baptist Church, where she was a member of the Baptist Women's Fellowship. She also was a member of the Williamstown Friendship Club at the Harper Center, and a member of the Bennington Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution. She enjoyed crafts, sewing, antiques and gardening.
Her husband, Kenneth M. Bump, whom she married April 26, 1941, died Nov. 5, 1981.
Mrs. Bump leaves three sons, sister, five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
FUNERAL NOTICE -- The funeral for Ruth Louise Fonda Bump, who died Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2007, will take place tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Williamstown, the Rev. Peter Daniels, pastor, officiating. Burial will take place in the family plot in Parklawn Cemetery, Bennington, Vt. Memorial donations are suggested for the VNA & Hospice of Northern Berkshire or First Baptist Church of Williamstown, in care of FLYNN & DAGNOLI-MONTAGNA HOME FOR FUNERALS WEST CHAPEL, 521 West Main St., North Adams, MA. Mrs. Bump will be remembered as a devoted wife, mother and grandmother.
Published by The Berkshire Eagle on Feb. 7, 2007.
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