- Date Of Birth: July 22, 1926
- Date Of Death: April 3, 2018
- State: Connecticut
Mother Ruth (Risby) Fountain, of Middletown, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loved ones on Tuesday, April 3, 2018. Mother Fountain was born to the late Albert and Ruby (Williams) Risby on July 22, 1926 in Hartford, CT.
She married her beloved husband the late Deacon Daniel J. Fountain in Portland, CT. They were married for sixty-one years and to this union was eight children.
Mother Fountain is survived by sons, Nathaniel J (Gladys) Fountain Sr. of Meriden, David W. Fountain Sr. of Middletown, daughters Lorraine F, (Charles) Davis of Hartford, Emmajean Jenkins of Middletown, Patricia A. (Henry) Duncan of Scranton, SC, Eddie – May Roulhac and Blanche Mae Harrell of Middletown, sisters Brenda (Joe) Spikes, Thelma Chatfield, Alma Caffee brother-in-law Robert Fountain, sisters-in-law Julia Risby, Alma Doer, Dorothy Fountain and Annette Fountain, twenty-nine grandchildren, eighty-three great grandchildren, eight great, great grandchildren and a host of nephews, nieces and other relatives, friends and a special friend Deaconess Grace Larry.
Besides her parents and husband, Mother Fountain was predeceased by her son Walter Lee Fountain, brothers William Williams, Albert Risby and sister Emily Santos, grandsons Nathaniel Fountain Jr., Marcus Fountain and Eric Moore, granddaughters Danielle Fountain, Shanika Wiggins, and great granddaughter Shakira Duncan, father and mother-in-law Daniel and Martha Fountain, brothers-in-law Muriel Fountain, Basiel Fountain, John Fountain and James Doer, sisters –in- law Annie Mae Fountain, Martha Smith, Gladys Preston, Emily Johnson, Pearl Cockfield, Mary Fountain and Lucille Hughes, son-in-laws Melvin Jenkins, Earl Harrell and Richard Roulhac.
The family wishes to thank all for your thoughts, prayers, phone calls and acts of kindness that comforted us in so many ways during this time of bereavement. Special thanks to the entire staff of Middlesex Hospice.
