NORWAY – Ora M. Ryerson, 89, of West Paris died Friday, Oct. 22, at Norway Rehabilitation and Living Center.

She was born in North Paris on June 28, 1915, the daughter of James and Ethel Merrill Gibbs. She was a graduate of West Paris High School in June of 1932.

She married Donald A. Ryerson on Dec. 29, 1934. He predeceased her on May 9, 1999. She worked at Penley Bros. for 32 years.

She is survived by two daughters, Frances Noyes and her husband, Mason, of West Paris and Genneth Berryment and her husband, Tom, of Bryant Pond; a son, Herbert L. Ryerson and his wife, Eleanor, of West Paris; a stepson, Robert Heath and his wife, Jeanette, of Peru; a brother, George Gibbs, of Woodstock; a granddaughter-in-law, Kristi Berryment; 11 grandchildren; and 16 great grandchildren.

She was predeceased by a great-granddaughter, Ashleigh Noyes, a grandson, Troy Berryment, a stepgranddaughter, Deborah Dube, two sisters, Madeline and Ethelyn, and two brothers, Bill and John.