- RUBY ALBERTA HOFFSES
Ruby Alberta (Boynton) Hoffses, 93, of Waldoboro, passed away on Nov. 28 at Fieldcrest Manor in Waldoboro. she was born Sept. 1, 1909 in Liberty, the daughter of Albert Turner Boynton and Ellen Turner Boynton. Ruby graduated from Liberty High School and attended Gorham Normal School. She tuaght at a oneroom school house in Back Cove in Waldoboro where she met her future husband. Ruby lived at her first home in Waldoboro for over 69 years, living a life of subsistence farming. Ruby was noted for her exper sewing and fabrication skills and operated her own seamstress business. She was also noted for her gardening skills. Ruby was formerly emplyed by Van Baalen in Rockland. She influenced the lives of many by nurturing and caring for relatives and extended family during their old age in her own home. Ruby was a member of the First Baptist Church, Waldoboro, and the Good Luck Rebekah Lodge, No 72, I. O. I. F in Waldoboro for over 50 years. Ruby will be greatly missed by her many friends. She was predeceased by her husband, Irvin Hoffses, her four brothers, Maurice, Herman, Alton and Roy Boynton, and four sisters, Gertie, Sadie, Geneva and Hazel. She is survived by nieces, Virginia Webber of Clinton, Winifred Bilodeau of Palermo, and Josephine Shorey of Corinth, brother-in-law, Ralph Hoffses and his wife Gertrude of Waldoboro, nephew and caretaker, Richard Hoffses of Waldoboro, grandnephew, Robert Boynton of Waldoboro, and many nieces, nephews, and special extended family. Harold and Phyllis Kaler of Palm Coast, Fla. Funeral Dec. 1 at the Hall Funeral Home Pastor Michael Peterson officiated. Burial in the Sweetland Cemetery in Waldoboro. Arrangements are under the care of the Hall Funeral HOme, 949 Main St., Waldoboro.
Lincoln County News: December 5th, 2002
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