Ruth M. JODOIN

SPRINGFIELD - Ruth M. (Jodoin) Mancuso, 82, of Springfield passed away on Wednesday July 6, 2005 at the Redstone Nursing Center in East Longmeadow. She was employed in the cafeteria at Kiley Junior High School and Duggan Junior High School, both in Springfield and retired in 1984. Previously, she worked at the Springfield Armory during World War II. Ruth was born in the Willimansett section of Chicopee on February 17, 1923 a daughter of the late Wilfred and Rose (Beauregard) Jodoin and graduated from Springfield Technical High School. She was predeceased by her husband, Mancuso who died on January 12, 2005. Ruth leaves her daughters, Janet Hutcherson and her husband Louis of Gainesville, AL, Rosemarie Groza and her husband Peter of Wilbraham, and Lori Lajoie and her husband Robert of East Longmeadow; her grandchildren, Lori M. and Anthony Hutcherson, and Emily J., Juliette R. and Kelly M. Lajoie; her brothers, Rene Jodoin of Renton, WA, Philip Jodoin and his wife Helen of East Lyme, CT, and Gene Jodoin and his wife Jean of East Longmeadow; her sister, Alice Hales of Eutaw, AL; her sister in law, Irene Jodoin of Agawam and her many nephews and nieces. She was predeceased by her brothers, Albert and Henry Jodoin and by her sister, Claire Tatro. A funeral home service will be held on Friday July 8, 2005 at 1 p.m. at the Sampson's Chapel of the Acres Funeral Home, 21 Tinkham Road at the corner of Wilbraham Road followed by burial in St. Michael's Cemetery, 1601 State Street, both in Springfield. Her family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday July 8 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. prior to the service. Memorial donations may be made in Ruth's memory to the Arthritis Foundation, Suite 450, 29 Crafts Street, Newton, MA 02158 or to a charity of the donor's choice. Published in The Republican on 7/7/2005.