Ruth E. Lovett, age 92, of Morris, CT died November 22, 2007 after a fifty year career in education. She was the wife of Dr. Stephen K. Lovett, emeritus professor at Western Connecticut State University. Mrs. Lovett taught and served as Principal at the Mitchell School in Woodbury, CT. She truly loved the Mitchell School and its children. Her years there were fulfilling and the school library, which she helped establish, was named for her. She served as Vice President of the States Elementary Principals Association, and was liaison to the Child Abuse Committee of Connecticut. Mrs. Lovett was born in Attleboro, MA the daughter of Eugene and Lila (Smith) Flaherty. She attended Lynn Classical High School and Bridgewater State University, and received a Masters degree from Western Connecticut. Mrs. Lovett continued her lifelong love for learning through Elder Hostel. She lived in Woodbury for thirty years, was a member of the North Church and served on the library board. She was also a founder of Health Council. Later Mrs. Lovett lived in Sarasota, FL. where she joined the Art Association, painted in watercolors and studied Asian brush painting. She became an accomplished sumi-e artist showing her work at the Sumi-e Society annual national exhibit, and at individual gallery shows in northwestern Connecticut and Florida. An avid traveler she visited many parts of Africa, Europe, Russia, Turkey, Hawaii, and Alaska, often on education missions. She enjoyed golf as a member of the Watertown Golf Club and Bobby Jones Country Club in Sarasota. Mrs. Lovett passed peacefully surrounded by family. She is survived by her two sisters, Kathryn Conlon of Lynn, MA and Eleanor Addington of Albuquerque, NM; her three loving children, Stephen M. Lovett of Washington, D.C., Judith Lovett Dorsett of Morris, CT, and Scott K. Lovett of Parish, FL; five grandchildren, Erica Dorsett-Mathews and Jessica Dorsett, Skylar Lovett and Sean Lovett, and Kirsten Lovett; and two great-grandchildren, Samuel and Henry Mathews. Arrangements: A memorial service will be held at a time and place to be announced in the spring. Burial in East Morris cemetery is private. There are no calling hours. For more information or to send an online condolence visit www.lyonsfuneralhome.com. Memorial contributions may be made to the Visiting Nurse and Homecare Northwest Inc. 607 Bantam Road Unit F. Bantam, CT 06750.

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