ANDOVER – Ruth Ellen Spidell, 75, died Friday, June 25, at her home on Maple Street, Andover.

A resident of the area for many years, she was born in Rumford, on Oct. 2, 1928, a daughter of Josiah F. and Dorothy (Leach) Hall, and had graduated from Robinson Female Seminary in Exeter Center, N.H.

She was a member of the Andover Congregational Church and while living in North Carolina had served as a Girl Scout Leader. She enjoyed sewing and needlework and loved to travel with her husband.

She was married in Andover on Dec. 31, 1949 to Howard E. Spidell who survives of Andover. Other survivors include three daughters, Judy Ann Spidell and companion, Geoffrey Alspach of Miami, Fla., Sandra Gonzales and husband, George of Knoxville, Tenn. and Cheryl Gurney and husband, Rob of Eureka, Calif.; son, Michael Spidell and wife, Mary of Pollock Pines, Calif.; five sisters, Elizabeth Warner and husband, Calvin of Milford, N.H., Dorothy Anderson of East Andover, Josephine Meisner and husband, Earl of Pembroke, Margaret Farrington of Andover and Edith Russell of East Andover; brother, Robert Hall and wife, Darlene of East Andover; many grandchildren, including granddaughter Karen Adams who had lived with her grandparents and many great-grandchildren.