Ruth Lydia Briel-Ford, 84, of Hamilton, NJ was embraced by Our Lord’s loving arms on March 13, 2024.

Ruth was a retired legal secretary with the State of New Jersey / Division of Election Law, Trenton, NJ. She was a very generous and caring soul, a good listener and was a strong shoulder to lean on. Her interests were reading, crochet and playing games on her tablet. Her family was her world. She was an angel on earth and is now an angel in heaven.

Daughter of the late Joseph Dye and Ethel Messler Briel, wife of the late Robert F. Ford, mother-in-law of the late Steven E Flesh and grandmother of the late Steven A. Flesh, she is survived by her daughters and son-in-law Vanessa L. Flesh and Ruth A. and Michael Burak, her son Santo “Sam” Midulla, her grandchildren Trisha Flesh and Wiley and Roxanne Burak, as well as, many relatives and dear friends.

Funeral services are private under the direction of Kingston & Kemp Funeral Home, Hamilton, NJ.

In lieu of flowers, Ruth’s family requests that memorial contributions be made to The Lupus Foundation of America, 411 Swedeland Road, Suite 23-1080, King of Prussia, PA 19406 (www.support.lupus.org).