Ruth deGROFF

deGROFF, Ruth
On January 15, 2012 Ruth deGroff passed over peacefully, surrounded by her remaining family at the age of 92. Survived by her children, son William and daughter Adriance, Ruth is also survived by many other loving relatives & friends, including her much loved cat Cleo. She was the beloved wife of the late Harrold de Groff, a West Hartford Interior Designer. She was a very accomplished woman who was known for not only her intelligence, but also her spirituality. She had received a Masters degree in Anthropology from Barnard College and later taught at Central Connecticut University. She was also a very accomplished artist and designed jewelry for Saks Fifth Avenue and Tiffany's after college. She was also a painter, and did design work with her husband for numerous clients and friends. She was the main force behind the designing of the 1976 Farmington Bicentennial Quilt in the Farmington Library as well as the 1986 Commemorative Wall Hanging at the UCONN Medical Center. A member of the Farmington Garden Club and her love of flowers led her to the making of dried flower arrangements, and later to heading up the Flower Committee at The Mc Auley where they resided for their last years, where she was fondly called "the flower lady". She was also member of The Thursday Club, and was an intellectually stimulating woman to speak with about all things both physical and metaphysical. She was a very early practitioner of Transcendental Meditation and meditated regularly.
Memorial Service to be announced at a later date here. Donations in her memory may be made to the charity of your choice: The New Britain Museum of American Art, 56 Lexington Street, New Britain CT 06052-1412, or the Institute of Noetic Sciences, 625 2nd Street, Suite 200, Petaluma, CA 94952-5120, or Meow, Inc, 10 Nasser Rd., Litchfield, CT 06759. Arrangements are being handled by The Ahern Funeral Homes, Inc., www.ahernfuneralhome.com.