Ruth Marie PERRY

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OBITUARY Ruth Marie Coker
11 OCTOBER, 1943 - 8 DECEMBER, 2022
Age 79, of Smiths Cove, passed away in Digby General Hospital on December 8, 2022.
Born in North East Harbour, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Myrtle Perry.
Ruth was a woman who was always helping others in need.
Throughout her life she was a member of the United Empire Loyalists, the Rebecca?s (London, Ont. chapter), ladies auxiliary, Smiths Cove Fire Department and the Digby Hospital Auxiliary.
She worked for OPP as a secretary for the Department of Child Identification.
Later she moved to Almont, Ont., where she became a full-time mom to her first child.
The family moved to Digby, where Ruth went on to be a mom to two more children.
For the next 20 years she worked in the community with the local optometrist.
Ruth is survived by her loving husband, Brian Coker; daughters, Colleen Coker (Andy Gould) and Nicole Cogswell (Mike Kelly); son, Graham (Nancy) Coker; brother, Donald (Kendra) Perry; grandchildren, Hannah, Nicholas, Cameron and Connor; nephews, Dwayne and Christopher and nieces, Sara and Gayla.
Ruth was predeceased by her mother and father, as well as her brother-in-law, David Coker.
A service for Ruth will be held at a later date in Smiths Cove Baptist Church.
Donations in her memory may be made to a charity of your choice.
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/en-ca/obituaries/digby-ns/ruth-coker-11055794

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Birth:
Personal correspondence from Brian Coker

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Died:
Family correspondence and online obituary.

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