Ruth F. Tucker, Rn

Clearwater, Florida – Ruth F. (Tripp) Tucker, RN, 96, passed away on Tuesday, February 14, 2017.

She was the beloved wife of the late Willis A.

Born in Pawtucket, the daughter of the late William W.

Tripp, Sr. and Adelia F. (Thurber) Tripp, she resided in Pawtucket until moving to Florida in January of 1983.

Ruth was a graduate of Pawtucket High School and a 1941 graduate of the Memorial Hospital School of Nursing.

She was the proprietor of the former Tucker’s Nursing Home, South Main St., Attleboro until 1966, and was a lifetime member of The Order of the Eastern Star, Woonsocket Chapter No. 3.

She leaves two daughters, Ruth F.

Hopper and her husband, Walter, of Clearwater, FL and Roberta A.

Williams of Seminole, FL; four grandchildren, Ruth F.

Mori of Natick, MA, David W.

Hopper of Harvard, MA, Joseph W.

Williams, Jr. of Lakeland, FL and Michael L.

Williams of Seminole, FL and nine great-grandchildren.

She was the sister of the late William W.

VISITATION will begin Thursday, February 23rd at 12:30 p.m. followed by Services at 1:30 p.m. at WILLIAM W.

TRIPP Funeral Home, 1008 Newport Ave., Pawtucket.

Interment will follow at Swan Point Cemetery, Blackstone Blvd., Providence.

Flowers are welcome or if desired, memorial gifts to the American Diabetes Association, 10 Speen St., 2nd Floor, Framingham, MA 01701 would be appreciated.