Ruth Ellis Hazen

Ruth Ellis Hazen, born June 12, 1940, passed away peacefully on Saturday April 21, 2018 from lymphoma cancer. She is survived by her husband Philip, her two sons Jonathan and Jeffery, her four grandchildren Adrianna, Isabelle, Alexander, and Analiese; and her siblings Robert Ellis, Howard Ellis, and Sandy Clare.  Ruth grew up in Stephentown, New York and graduated from Potsdam State Teachers College.  In 1962 she taught first grade in Dexter, New York and then moved to Petersburg, New York where she taught first and second grade until June 1971.  Ruth married Philip Hazen July 4, 1971 in Berlin, New York and relocated to Washington, DC.  In the fall of 1983 they purchased and renovated a historic farm house in Tracy’s Landing, MD where they lived until 2015.  Their final residence is at Collington Retirement Community. Ruth enjoyed researching and traveling to locations related to Deale MD history and her grandfather’s service during the Civil War.   Ruth was a steadfast member of the Central Seventh Day Baptist church, in Mitchellville, Maryland where she enjoyed teaching Sabbath school classes.