Obituary of Ruth W. Lydon

Ruth Wilcox Lydon, of Andover, formerly of Hackensack and Elmwood Park, died on Wednesday, January 24, 2007, at her home, at the age of 83 years. Prior to retiring, she was the Senior Executive Administrator for Sun Chemical Company of Fort Lee where she worked for 50 years. She also worked for noted poet and author Harry Hurd and during World War II she worked in the U. S. Supply Depot in Edgewater. She was a graduate of Fairleigh-Dickinson University. She was a volunteer and Vice President of the Brightstone Mental Health Volunteers at Greystone Park. She is survived by her loving husband, Professor John D. Lydon, and was a special mother to Bradford J. Lydon and his wife Patricia of Tampa, Florida, and Daniel J. Lydon and his wife Carla of Charleston, South Carolina, her grandchildren, Matthew James, Daniel, and Elizabeth, a brother Richard Wilcox and his wife Mary of East, Hampstead, New Hampshire and a sister, Elizabeth Lane of Plaistow, New Hampshire . She was predeceased by her first husband Edward Mutchler. The Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Monday, January 29th, at 10:00 AM at Holy Trinity R. C. Church, 34 Maple Avenue, Hackensack with burial following at Holy Cross Cemetery in North Arlington. Visiting will be on Sunday from 3 - 5 and 7 - 9 PM . Memorial donations to the Patients Welfare Committee, c/o Greystone Psychiatric Hospital, Greystone Park, NJ 07950 would be appreciated.