WINTHROP - Ruth Mary (Fitch) Bond died on the morning of March 25, 2004, at St. Marguerite d'Youville Pavilion in Lewiston, with her family at her side. Ruth was born in Springfield, Mass., on Nov. 24, 1921, the daughter of George E. Fitch and Addie Nash Fitch. She was a graduate of West Springfield High School (1939), MacDuffie School (Springfield, 1940) and Wellesley College (Wellesley, Mass., 1944). In 1944, Ruth married her childhood sweetheart, Raymond L. Bond Jr., and together they raised a large family in Jefferson and Winthrop. Ruth was a talented artist and an accomplished organist and pianist. She enjoyed gardening, family and friends, and writing. Ruth wrote in her Wellesley 60th Reunion Record Book, 'Life has meant a good marriage and its product, wonderful children, and has dealt me a hand I could not possibly have chosen 60 years ago. That's good. Surprises are more fun.' Ruth worked variously as a medical records librarian at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, an administrative assistant at Health Facilities Planning Council in Augusta and as office and business manager for Dr. Robert Sands' dental office in Winthrop. She volunteered at Kennebec Valley Medical Center in the medical library, and served for 30 years as organist and choir director for the East Winthrop Baptist Church, and for the Winthrop United Methodist Church. She was predeceased by her son, Daniel L. Bond, and infant granddaughter Courtney Elizabeth Ladd Bond. Surviving family members are her husband, Raymond L. Bond Jr. of Winthrop; son Jeffrey L. Bond and his wife, Denise M., of Jefferson; daughter-in-law Crystal M. Bond of Gardiner, widow of Daniel; son Duncan R. Bond of Monmouth; son Thomas D. Bond and his wife, Leanne G. (parents of Courtney); daughter Laurie A. Denis and her husband, Craig J., of Athens; daughter Lucy J. Bond and her companion, Charles J. McLaughlin, of Gardiner; son Peter G. Bond and his wife, Laurie D. Wessels, of Blackstone, Mass.; son Steven P. Bond and his wife, Diane J., of Winthrop; grandchildren Michael E. Bond, Sara M. Bond, Justin K. Bond, Jared N. Bond, Christopher J. Bond, Tucker D. Bond, Angela R. Norton and her husband, Timothy A. Norton, Andrea M. Denis and her companion, Scott Christopher, Amy L. McLaughlin, Jesse James Bond, and Nickalaus Mills. A memorial service for family and friends will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Winthrop Center Friends Church, Route 135, East Winthrop, with a brief gathering afterward at 379 Route 135, also in East Winthrop. A committal service will be held by the family later in the spring at Fairview Cemetery in Jefferson. Donations in lieu of flowers may be made to Shriner's Children's Hospital, c/o AAONMS Kora Temple Shrine, 11 Sabattus St., Lewiston 04240.