NATURAL BRIDGE – Ruth M. Becker Babiarz Tallman, 80, 43239 NYS Route 3, died Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at the Hospice House of Jefferson County, Gotham St., Watertown.
Born on November 1, 1936 in Sherwood, NY, the daughter of the late Gavin & Stella Becker; she graduated from Sherwood Central School in 1954. She worked for 12 years for the Cayuga Farm Bureau and retired in 1993 from the Auburn Memorial Hospital after working for 15 years as a Unit Secretary. She served as a fire commissioner for Natural Bridge. She was a member of the NYS Timber Producers Association where she served as a board member, the Empire State Forest Products, a member and secretary of TOPS #674, Carthage, a ‘Red Hatter’, a volunteer at Country Manor Nursing Home, an election worker, a former member of the Throopsville Community Church and an active member of the Natural Bridge United Methodist Church. She enjoyed puzzles, flowers and gardening.
Ruth is survived by her husband, Charles E. Tallman, her grandson Cody A. Babiarz, 4 step children; Maria, Rejane, George Tallman and Charlena (Donald) Myers, 2 sisters in laws; Barbara (Robert) Welch and the Rev. Louise Tallman, both of Florida. Also surviving are several step grandchildren, cousins and friends.
A memorial service at the Natural Bridge United Methodist Church will be scheduled at a later date. Arrangements are being handled by the Lundy Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Inc., 500 State St., Carthage. Online condolences can be made to www.lundyfuneralhome.com Donations in her memory can be made to Hospice of Jefferson County, 1398Gotham St., Watertown, NY 13601.