Ruth Lucille Bingham

AUBURN < Ruth Lucille Bingham 86, of Hamilton Avenue, Auburn, died Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008, at Auburn Memorial Hospital. Born Oct. 30, 1921, in Waterloo, Mrs. Bingham was the daughter of the late Ernest and Ruth Cottrell Brownell. She resided in Auburn for over 60 years, and was employed as a buyer at Sherman"s Women"s Apparel of Auburn. Mrs. Bingham was a member of SS Peter and John Episcopal Church, Auburn. She is survived by one brother, Clarence Brownell of Junius, three sisters, Betty Knapp of Cocoa, Fla., Alice (Ray) Garrett, of Tyre, and Susan Rickerson of Waterloo; several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Bingham was predeceased by her husband, Lewis Bingham, Aug. 20, 1973, and by two nephews, Robert Rickerson and William Garrett. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28 at the Brew Funeral Home, 48 South St., Auburn, with the Rev. Douglas Taylor-Weiss officiating. Family and friends are invited to call 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Brew Funeral Home prior to the service. Interment will be in Fort Hill Cemetery at 10 .m. Monday, Sept. 29. Expressions of sympathy may be made in Ruth Lucille Bingham"s memory to SS Peter and John Episcopal Church, 169 Genesee St., Auburn, NY 13021; American Heart Association, Heart Gifts Processing Center, P.O. Box 3049, Syracuse, NY 13206, or American Lung Association, 506 E. Washington St., Syracuse, NY 13202-1940. To send a message to the family, sign our guest book at www.auburnpub.com and click on obituaries.