TITLE:  Ruth M. (Shaw) Eldridge, Obituary, Feb 13, 2001

SUBMITTERS:  Portsmouth Herald, http://www.seacoastonline.com
             111 Maplewood Aveue, Portsmouth, NH (issue Feb 12, 2001 )

FORMATTED:   by CParziale, 2001

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Ruth M. Eldridge 

KITTERY, Maine - Ruth M. (Shaw) Eldridge, 75, of 137 Martin
Road, died Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2001, at York Hospital. 

She was born in York, Maine, on May 31, 1925, the daughter of
Leslie and Florence (McKay) Shaw, and attended York schools. 

She had worked as a nurse's aide at area nursing homes for many
years. 

She was predeceased by her husband of 45 years, Earl Eldridge, who
died in 1986. She was also predeceased by a sister, Elizabeth Ready,
and by her granddaughter, Angela R. (Merosola) Wakefield, who died
in March 2000. 

Survivors include one daughter, Patricia Merosola, of Kittery; three
sons, Gerald Eldridge and his wife, Windy, of Quincy, Mass., George
Eldridge, of Richmond, Va., and Ronald Eldridge, of Eliot; one
brother, Eugene Shaw and his wife, Alrose, of South Haven, Mich.; 
eight grandchildren, James M. Eldridge, Christine Eldridge, Joseph
Merosola Jr., Kristina Merosola, Jeffrey Eldridge, Jamie Eldridge,
Peter Tufts and Michael Tufts; and six great-grandchildren. 

ELDRIDGE - Ruth M. Eldridge, 75, of 137 Martin Road, Kittery,
Maine, widow of Earl Eldridge, died Feb. 13, 2001, in York, Maine.
A private service will be held. Arrangements are by J.S. Pelkey
Funeral Home, 125 Old Post Road, Kittery, Maine. 


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