SHELBURNE, Vt. - Ruth E. Dahl, 80, of Shelburne, Vt., died Aug. 3, 2000, after a period of failing health at her summer residence in Eaton.
Born in Conway, the daughter of Charles O. and Bertha (Ellis) Dahl, she was a lifelong resident before moving to a continuing care retirement community - Wake Robin - in Shelburne, Vt., in October 1993.
Miss Dahl graduated from Kennett High School in Conway. She also graduated from Wellesley College in 1941 and attended Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School in Boston, Mass.
She was manager of Charles O. Dahl Insurance Agency prior to World War II. During the war she was legal secretary in Chance Vaught Aircraft Factory in Connecticut and worked on contracts for the F-14 fighter aircraft. She was also a research writer at the Association of Casualty and Surety Executives in New York City. She did research for a pamphlet called A Career in Insurance For You, which was written for GIs being discharged from the service.
Following World War II, she returned to Conway and became a partner with the Charles O. Dahl Insurance Agency, with her sister Helen, until her retirement.
Miss Dahl was a longtime member of the Conway Village Congregational Church, served as financial secretary and secretary of the building committee.
The family includes her sister, Helen S. Dahl of Shelburne, Vt.; a nephew, Robert P. Cote of Gorham; and several cousins.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Conway Village Congregational Church in Conway with the Rev. Dr. Richard F. Wilcox, of Eaton, officiating. Burial will be in the Conway Village Cemetery. There will be no visiting hours. Donations may be sent to Wake Robin Residence Association, 200 Wake Robin Drive, Shelburne, Vt. 05482, or to the N.H Audubon Society, 3 Silk Farm Road, Concord 03301.
The Furber and White Funeral Home in North Conway is in charge of arrangements.
Born in Conway, the daughter of Charles O. and Bertha (Ellis) Dahl, she was a lifelong resident before moving to a continuing care retirement community - Wake Robin - in Shelburne, Vt., in October 1993.
Miss Dahl graduated from Kennett High School in Conway. She also graduated from Wellesley College in 1941 and attended Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School in Boston, Mass.
She was manager of Charles O. Dahl Insurance Agency prior to World War II. During the war she was legal secretary in Chance Vaught Aircraft Factory in Connecticut and worked on contracts for the F-14 fighter aircraft. She was also a research writer at the Association of Casualty and Surety Executives in New York City. She did research for a pamphlet called A Career in Insurance For You, which was written for GIs being discharged from the service.
Following World War II, she returned to Conway and became a partner with the Charles O. Dahl Insurance Agency, with her sister Helen, until her retirement.
Miss Dahl was a longtime member of the Conway Village Congregational Church, served as financial secretary and secretary of the building committee.
The family includes her sister, Helen S. Dahl of Shelburne, Vt.; a nephew, Robert P. Cote of Gorham; and several cousins.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Conway Village Congregational Church in Conway with the Rev. Dr. Richard F. Wilcox, of Eaton, officiating. Burial will be in the Conway Village Cemetery. There will be no visiting hours. Donations may be sent to Wake Robin Residence Association, 200 Wake Robin Drive, Shelburne, Vt. 05482, or to the N.H Audubon Society, 3 Silk Farm Road, Concord 03301.
The Furber and White Funeral Home in North Conway is in charge of arrangements.
SHELBURNE, Vt. - Ruth E. Dahl, 80, of Shelburne, Vt., died Aug. 3, 2000, after a period of failing health at her summer residence in Eaton.
Born in Conway, the daughter of Charles O. and Bertha (Ellis) Dahl, she was a lifelong resident before moving to a continuing care retirement community - Wake Robin - in Shelburne, Vt., in October 1993.
Miss Dahl graduated from Kennett High School in Conway. She also graduated from Wellesley College in 1941 and attended Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School in Boston, Mass.
She was manager of Charles O. Dahl Insurance Agency prior to World War II. During the war she was legal secretary in Chance Vaught Aircraft Factory in Connecticut and worked on contracts for the F-14 fighter aircraft. She was also a research writer at the Association of Casualty and Surety Executives in New York City. She did research for a pamphlet called A Career in Insurance For You, which was written for GIs being discharged from the service.
Following World War II, she returned to Conway and became a partner with the Charles O. Dahl Insurance Agency, with her sister Helen, until her retirement.
Miss Dahl was a longtime member of the Conway Village Congregational Church, served as financial secretary and secretary of the building committee.
The family includes her sister, Helen S. Dahl of Shelburne, Vt.; a nephew, Robert P. Cote of Gorham; and several cousins.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Conway Village Congregational Church in Conway with the Rev. Dr. Richard F. Wilcox, of Eaton, officiating. Burial will be in the Conway Village Cemetery. There will be no visiting hours. Donations may be sent to Wake Robin Residence Association, 200 Wake Robin Drive, Shelburne, Vt. 05482, or to the N.H Audubon Society, 3 Silk Farm Road, Concord 03301.
The Furber and White Funeral Home in North Conway is in charge of arrangements.
Born in Conway, the daughter of Charles O. and Bertha (Ellis) Dahl, she was a lifelong resident before moving to a continuing care retirement community - Wake Robin - in Shelburne, Vt., in October 1993.
Miss Dahl graduated from Kennett High School in Conway. She also graduated from Wellesley College in 1941 and attended Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School in Boston, Mass.
She was manager of Charles O. Dahl Insurance Agency prior to World War II. During the war she was legal secretary in Chance Vaught Aircraft Factory in Connecticut and worked on contracts for the F-14 fighter aircraft. She was also a research writer at the Association of Casualty and Surety Executives in New York City. She did research for a pamphlet called A Career in Insurance For You, which was written for GIs being discharged from the service.
Following World War II, she returned to Conway and became a partner with the Charles O. Dahl Insurance Agency, with her sister Helen, until her retirement.
Miss Dahl was a longtime member of the Conway Village Congregational Church, served as financial secretary and secretary of the building committee.
The family includes her sister, Helen S. Dahl of Shelburne, Vt.; a nephew, Robert P. Cote of Gorham; and several cousins.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Conway Village Congregational Church in Conway with the Rev. Dr. Richard F. Wilcox, of Eaton, officiating. Burial will be in the Conway Village Cemetery. There will be no visiting hours. Donations may be sent to Wake Robin Residence Association, 200 Wake Robin Drive, Shelburne, Vt. 05482, or to the N.H Audubon Society, 3 Silk Farm Road, Concord 03301.
The Furber and White Funeral Home in North Conway is in charge of arrangements.
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