Warren, VT Ruthann Ryan, 78 of Main St in Warren, passed away on February 16th with loving support of family, the staff of Berlin Health & Rehab Center and Bayada hospice. She was born on January 24, 1940 in Somerville, MA, the daughter of Samuel M. and Janet (Valentine) Young. She grew up in Somerville, MA On November 10, 1962 she married Lawrence Henry Ryan, Jr. in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Ruthann graduated from Bridgewater State College in Massachusetts with a degree in early education and taught preschool and kindergarten in Massachusetts. She also taught in Republic of China for 2 years when her husbands job took them there. Ruthann moved to Vermont in 1990 and opened a gift shop that sold the best items made by Vermont artists. This was a labor of love for many years. She was a lifelong member of the Salvation Army church attending services in Burlington, Vermont. She is survived by her husband, Larry Ryan of Warren; her children, Gregory; grandchildren, Marc Maynard, Benjamin Bradford Ryan, Nathaniel Tripp Ryan, and Cassandra Ryan; great grandchildren, Gavin Glenn Armstrong; sister, Florence and her husband Edward Forster; and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents; a daughter, Christina; and brothers, John, Bruce, and Robert. Though the years she held several lay leadership positions with the Salvation Army in Somerville, Brockton and Lowell, MA, as well as in Barre and Burlington, Vermont. Honoring Ruthanns request for a "natural burial", she will be buried at Meetinghouse Hill Cemetery in West Brattleboro, Vermont. There will be no viewing. A memorial service will be held in the spring in Massachusetts.