Ruth Mathison

Ruth M. Mathison died Tuesday, January 24, 2012.

Born in Auburn, New York, she was a retired College Professor and Medical Record Administrator. She earned a BS degree from LeMoyne Jesuit College, Syracuse, New York where she was President of the Womens Athletic Association and was selected to Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. She earned an MA degree from Syracuse University, following which she organized and taught a medical Record Program at Monroe Community College, Rochester, New York. While teaching at the College, she authored a number of articles published in the "Medical Record News", and was awarded a World Health Organization Fellowship to observe at a Medical Records School in Bristol, England.

She moved to Melbourne in 1981 where she was an active member of Ascension Parish on a number of Committees, as Minister to the Sick, Eucharistic Minister, organized the Parish Library, and organized and coordinated the Tutor Program at Ascension Catholic School. She was a member of the MCC Advisory Board on which she served as Secretary for eight years; and a member of the Ascension Catholic School Board; a volunteer at the inception of the Holmes Regional Hospice during which she was instrumental in organizing the Medical Record System.

Survivors include nieces Eileen Arnold of Micco, Fla., Joanne Korn, Malabar, Fla.; Mary Ellen Kahl, Canandaigua, New York; Audrey Mathison, Allentown, Pa., nephews Joseph Kahl of Scottsdale, Ariz., Jeff Mathison of Allentown, Pa., Michael Mathison of Brookline, Massachusetts, numerous great-nephews and nieces.

Donations may be made to the Endowment Fund of Ascension Catholic School.

Visitation will be Wednesday, February 1st from 10:30 - 11:30 am at Ascension Catholic Church with the Mass following at 11:30 am.