Ruth Elizabeth Lichtenberger Griffin

Our loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Ruth Elizabeth (Lichtenberger) Griffin, was called to her eternal rest and her new life on May 14, 2015 in Wilmington, Delaware. She was born to Charles C. and Ruth R. (Houngstine) Lichtenberger in Ridgewood, Queens, New York, on April 9, 1929. Ruth grew up during the Great Depression and always credited her parents for raising her as the kind, honest, and accepting person she was. She graduated from Grover Cleveland High School in 1947, and worked as a secretary at an insurance brokerage in Manhattan until her wedding to Robert H. (Bob) Griffin in June 1950. Ruth and Bob met on a blind date, were married for 45 years, and lived most of their married life in Massapequa Park, Long Island, NY, where they raised their three children in a warm and loving home. Beginning in the 1970s and ending in 1993 Ruth worked as a sales associate for JC Penney.
A woman of deep and abiding faith, Ruth was a longtime and active member of St. David's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Massapequa Park. After retirement in 1993, Ruth and Bob moved to Wilmington, Delaware, where she became an active member of Limestone Presbyterian Church.

A Funeral service will be held on Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at 11AM, at Doherty Funeral Home, 3200 Limestone Road, Wilmington, DE 19808, Rev. Bruce Gillette officiating. Interment will follow in the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 10AM.