Ruth B. Fullam

1919-2007

Ruth B. Fullam died February 8, 2007 at her home in Brooklyn, N.Y.

She was the daughter of the late James Andrew Cohill and Helen Gray Morgan and was born December 19, 1919 in Hancock.

She attended Hancock schools and graduated from St. Joseph's College in Emmitsburg, Md. She was a schoolteacher in Washington County, Maryland and New York City, N.Y. She served in the Army during WWII from 1945-1947 as assistant dietician #3429 at Murphy General Hospital in Waltham, Mass., and honorably discharged with rank of First Lieutenant MED AUS.

Surviving are one brother, Roger Cohill; one sister Josephine Braithwaite; one son, James Fullam; one daughter Clare Ryan and five grandchildren, JD, Billy, Joseph, Emily and Kaithlyn Ryan.

Preceding her in death was her husband, William J. Fullam; five brothers James, Edmund, Benjamin, Felippe and William Cohill; and two sisters Mary Anna Cohill and Clare Sions.

Rev. Fred Marano celebrated a Mass of Christian Burial on Monday, February 12 at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Brooklyn. Maureen McCormick made church arrangements and Ed Redonic was the organist and vocalist for the service.

Memorial donations can be made to the charity of one's choice.