Ruth Callahan

1924 - 2017  (93 years)

• Name	Ruth Callahan
  Birth	12 Feb 1924	Franklin, Norfolk County, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3]
  	daughter of Kenneth H. and Marion Catherine (Oldhan) Callahan
  Gender	Female
  Census	8 May 1950	205 Whipple Road, Kittery, York County, Maine   [4]
  	Edward A Maby, Head, White, Male, 28, Married, born in Maine, Mail Carrier, US Government Ruth Maby, Wife, White, Female, 26, Married, born in Massachusetts M Frances Maby, Daughter, White, Female, 2, never married, born in New Hampshire
  Info	Judith and Ernest Maby, #15.
  Residence	1957	17 Wainwright Ave, Kittery, Maine   [5]
  	Edward A Maby (Ruth) carrier PO h 17 Wainwright av
  Residence	1959	Eliot Road, Kittery, Maine   [6]
  	he was a postal carrier
  Residence	1990	87 Eliot Road, Kittery, Maine   [1]
  Witness-Obituary	19 Nov 2004	Portsmouth, New Hampshire   [7]
  	Ernest C. Maby, 85, formerly of 6 Rudolph Ave. in Kittery, died on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2004, at the Mark H. Wentworth Home in Portsmouth, N.H. He was born on May 21, 1919 in Kittery, the son of Edward G. and Marion (Milliken) Maby, and attended local schools, graduating from R.W. Traip Academy with the class of 1936. Directly following graduation, he entered the apprenticeship program at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, where he served 37 years as an electrical engineer before his retirement in 1974. In 1946, he married his loving wife of 54 years, Judith (Halliday) Maby; together they made their home in Kittery until her death in 2000. He was very active in his community serving on the budget and finance committee, school board, assessment review board and served as a town councilor. He enjoyed photography. Processing his work in his dark room at home was a favorite past time. He was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church in Portsmouth. He is survived by one son, Edward Maby of Redondo Beach, Calif.; two sisters, Mildred Cushman of Cape Elizabeth, and Elizabeth Rainier and her husband Andy of Kittery; two brothers, Edward and his wife Ruth Maby of Kittery and Earl Maby of Monson, Mass.; as well as several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his wife in 2000. A funeral was celebrated on Saturday at his church, St. John's Episcopal Church in Portsmouth, with burial to follow in Orchard Grove Cemetery in Kittery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to the Rice Public Library, 8 Wentworth St. in Kittery, ME 03904. Arrangements are entrusted to the J.S Pelkey Funeral Home of Kittery.
  Death	2 Nov 2017	Kittery, York County, Maine   [2]
  Obituary	6 Nov 2017  [8]
  	Ruth C. Maby, 93, of Eliot Road, Kittery, Maine, died on Thursday, November 2, 2017, at her home. Born in Franklin, Mass., she was a daughter of the late Kenneth H. and Marion Catherine (Oldhan) Callahan. Ruth moved with her family in the third grade to Portsmouth where they lived for a short time before settling in Kittery Point, where she would finish school graduating with the class of 1941 from RW Traip Academy. While in high school she met Edward Maby and in 1946 they would begin their over seventy year marriage. They built their home on Eliot Road in 1947 and began a family. Early in life she'd enjoyed time as a Brownie leader and Girl Scout leader for both the junior and senior scouts. Ruth worked as a book keeper privately and at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard as well as working at a local bank as a transit operator. She was a parishioner at St. Marks United Methodist Church in Kittery. Ruth is survived by her loving husband Edward Maby of Kittery; daughter Fran Heath of Concord, N.H. and granddaughter Courtney Heath of Concord, N.H.; grandson Ryan Heath of Nashua, N.H. and great-grandson Harper Heath; a sister Dorothy J. Putnam of Florida. She was predeceased by a sister Miriam Callahan. Services will be private. Online condolences may be made by visiting www.jspelkeyfuneralhome.com. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in her memory to St. Marks United Methodist Church. Care for the Maby family has been entrusted to the JS Pelkey Funeral Home.
  Reference Number	1233
  Burial	Orchard Grove Cemetery, Kittery, York County, Maine   [9]
  Person ID	I1229	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Edward Adelbert Maby,   b. 11 Feb 1922, Kittery, York County, Maine d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	24 Mar 1946	Kittery, Maine   [10]
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F162	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

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