Ruth Hawkins Billings, age 85 of Stratford passed away on Saturday December 22, 2007 in Bridgeport Hospital after a brief illness. Mrs. Billings, the widow of Roy W. Billings, was born in Bridgeport to the late Walter and Ruth (Frank) Hawkins and has been a life long area resident. She was a retired HR Assistant at Textron-Lycoming (AVCO) for twenty-eight years and volunteered at Bridgeport Hospital for many years. Survivors include her 2 beloved daughters Carolyn Hall and her husband Doug, and Judy Skrutsky and her husband Bob, her cherished granddaughter Jennifer Skrutsky, and her loving sister Vera Stevens all of Stratford, her adored grandson Gregory Hall of Middletown, her two nieces Linda Mello of Bridgeport and Jo Ann Wayne of Milford, and a nephew Ted Bronson of Huntington and several great and great great nieces and nephews. She was pre-deceased by 2 sisters Helen Bronson and Alice Curgio. Funeral services will take place on Friday December 28th at 10 a.m. in the Adzima Funeral Home 50 Paradise Green Place Stratford with Pastor Stacy Judd of Community Church of Christ, Norwalk CT officiating. Interment will be in Willowbrook Cemetery, Westport. Friends may call on Thursday from 4-7 p.m. In lieu of flowers, those desiring may make donations to Community Church of Christ, 2 Mills Street Norwalk, CT 06855 or to the Alzheimer's Association 279 New Britain Rd Suite #5 Kensington, CT. 06037.