Ruth Sawyer

SAWYER Ruth Sawyer, age 83, of Orange, a beloved wife and mother, died Friday, October 27, 2006. Ruth was born in Bridgeport, daughter of the late Charles and Sarah Burnett and lived in Bridgeport for 78 years. She graduated from Warren Harding High School in 1940 and worked as a stenographer prior to her marriage in 1945 to the late Robert L. Sawyer, a veteran reporter of the Post Publishing Co. Mrs. Sawyer was preceded in death by her brothers, Edward and Charles Burnett; her sister, Edith (Victor) Cifatte; and her beloved granddaughter, Sarah Dane. Mrs. Sawyer is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Jerri (Marvin) Shales of Naples, Fla. and Ms. Toni D. Sawyer of Orange; a son, Thomas C. Sawyer of West Haven; a sister, Mrs. Jane (George) Rothlauf of Vero Beach, Fla.; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Saturday, November 4, 2006 at 1:30 p.m. in the Redgate-Hennessy Funeral Home, Main Street and Gorham Place, Trumbull. Interment will follow in Lawncroft Cemetery, Fairfield. Friends may greet family beginning at 1 p.m.