Ruth (Tilghman) Gabel of Bordentown passed away Monday, March 30, 2015, at the Samaritan Inpatient Hospice Center, Mount Holly. She was 84.
Born in Sykesville, she was raised in Bordentown and settled in Jobstown when she married and eventually moved back to Bordentown.
Ruth was a housewife raising her children and also was the bookkeeper and co-owner of Tilghman's Used Auto Parts in Springfield Township, with her first husband. She was active in the Bordentown Senior Citizens, a member of the Eastern Star and was a volunteer at the Masonic Home in Burlington. Ruth loved line dancing and enjoyed to travel.
Ruth was preceded in death by her first husband, Joseph J. Tilghman Jr., and by her second husband, Robert Gabel. She is survived by a son, Joseph Tilghman III and wife, Joanne of Chesterfield Township; three daughters, Karen Bohn of Bordentown, Pamela Waltz of Oveido, Fla. and Ingrid Meara and husband, Gerard of Bordentown; a brother, Richard Robinson of Wichita Falls, Texas; many grandchildren; several great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Calling hours for Ruth will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 2, at the Tilghman Funeral Home, 52 Main St., New Egypt. Graveside services will be Friday morning, April 3 at the Upper Springfield Cemetery in Springfield Township. Those going to the cemetery are asked to meet at the funeral home at 10 a.m. Friday to drive to the cemetery in procession.
Tilghman Funeral Home, New Egypt
www.tilghmanfh.com
Burlington County Times: April 1, 2015
Born in Sykesville, she was raised in Bordentown and settled in Jobstown when she married and eventually moved back to Bordentown.
Ruth was a housewife raising her children and also was the bookkeeper and co-owner of Tilghman's Used Auto Parts in Springfield Township, with her first husband. She was active in the Bordentown Senior Citizens, a member of the Eastern Star and was a volunteer at the Masonic Home in Burlington. Ruth loved line dancing and enjoyed to travel.
Ruth was preceded in death by her first husband, Joseph J. Tilghman Jr., and by her second husband, Robert Gabel. She is survived by a son, Joseph Tilghman III and wife, Joanne of Chesterfield Township; three daughters, Karen Bohn of Bordentown, Pamela Waltz of Oveido, Fla. and Ingrid Meara and husband, Gerard of Bordentown; a brother, Richard Robinson of Wichita Falls, Texas; many grandchildren; several great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Calling hours for Ruth will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 2, at the Tilghman Funeral Home, 52 Main St., New Egypt. Graveside services will be Friday morning, April 3 at the Upper Springfield Cemetery in Springfield Township. Those going to the cemetery are asked to meet at the funeral home at 10 a.m. Friday to drive to the cemetery in procession.
Tilghman Funeral Home, New Egypt
www.tilghmanfh.com
Burlington County Times: April 1, 2015
Ruth (Tilghman) Gabel of Bordentown passed away Monday, March 30, 2015, at the Samaritan Inpatient Hospice Center, Mount Holly. She was 84.
Born in Sykesville, she was raised in Bordentown and settled in Jobstown when she married and eventually moved back to Bordentown.
Ruth was a housewife raising her children and also was the bookkeeper and co-owner of Tilghman's Used Auto Parts in Springfield Township, with her first husband. She was active in the Bordentown Senior Citizens, a member of the Eastern Star and was a volunteer at the Masonic Home in Burlington. Ruth loved line dancing and enjoyed to travel.
Ruth was preceded in death by her first husband, Joseph J. Tilghman Jr., and by her second husband, Robert Gabel. She is survived by a son, Joseph Tilghman III and wife, Joanne of Chesterfield Township; three daughters, Karen Bohn of Bordentown, Pamela Waltz of Oveido, Fla. and Ingrid Meara and husband, Gerard of Bordentown; a brother, Richard Robinson of Wichita Falls, Texas; many grandchildren; several great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Calling hours for Ruth will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 2, at the Tilghman Funeral Home, 52 Main St., New Egypt. Graveside services will be Friday morning, April 3 at the Upper Springfield Cemetery in Springfield Township. Those going to the cemetery are asked to meet at the funeral home at 10 a.m. Friday to drive to the cemetery in procession.
Tilghman Funeral Home, New Egypt
www.tilghmanfh.com
Burlington County Times: April 1, 2015
Born in Sykesville, she was raised in Bordentown and settled in Jobstown when she married and eventually moved back to Bordentown.
Ruth was a housewife raising her children and also was the bookkeeper and co-owner of Tilghman's Used Auto Parts in Springfield Township, with her first husband. She was active in the Bordentown Senior Citizens, a member of the Eastern Star and was a volunteer at the Masonic Home in Burlington. Ruth loved line dancing and enjoyed to travel.
Ruth was preceded in death by her first husband, Joseph J. Tilghman Jr., and by her second husband, Robert Gabel. She is survived by a son, Joseph Tilghman III and wife, Joanne of Chesterfield Township; three daughters, Karen Bohn of Bordentown, Pamela Waltz of Oveido, Fla. and Ingrid Meara and husband, Gerard of Bordentown; a brother, Richard Robinson of Wichita Falls, Texas; many grandchildren; several great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Calling hours for Ruth will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 2, at the Tilghman Funeral Home, 52 Main St., New Egypt. Graveside services will be Friday morning, April 3 at the Upper Springfield Cemetery in Springfield Township. Those going to the cemetery are asked to meet at the funeral home at 10 a.m. Friday to drive to the cemetery in procession.
Tilghman Funeral Home, New Egypt
www.tilghmanfh.com
Burlington County Times: April 1, 2015
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