1926 – 2013

NORWAY — Ruth Bonney O’Brien, 86, of South Paris, went to join her Heavenly family on Friday, Sept. 20, at Stephens Memorial Hospital.

She was born in Waterford to Clayton and Grace Skinner Pike on Oct. 8, 1926. She attended Waterford public schools and graduated from Bridgton Academy in 1945.

At 14, Ruth and her twin, Reta, loaded truckloads of timber and brought it out of the woods with oxen while their brothers served in World War II. She lived and worked locally with the ethic she learned growing up on the farm. She was a 35-year active member of the Ronald G. St. John VFW Post in Harrison, named for her beloved nephew. She was a longtime member of the Grace Baptist Church in South Paris, until she became housebound.

She is survived by children, Cindy Moxcey and Randy Bonney; grandchildren, Marsha Snyder, Diana Moxcey, Heather Grow and Dylan Andrews; nine great-grandchildren; and sisters, Lelia Hill, Laura Richardson, Betty Adams and Eva Thurlow. She treasured time spent with her family and friends.

She was predeceased by her husband, Jim; son, Rocky Bonney; grandson, Jamie Bonney; brothers, John, Wendall, Robert, Fred and Herbert Pike; and sisters, Edith Monk and Reta St. John.

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