Ruth Farrell, 41, librarian, volunteer

Ruth Anne Marie Farrell of Kiwi Corner, a librarian who was also a volunteer with local organizations, died on Monday, Jan. 28, in New Canaan. She was 41 years old.
Ms. Farrell was born in New York City on Dec. 27, 1960, a daughter of the late MacLennan and Ingeborg Zucker Farrell. As a child, she moved with her family to Weston, where she was a former member of the Norfield Congregational Church. She then moved to Westport and, four and a half years ago, to Fox Hill condominiums here.
Ms. Farrell had been a librarian at the Westport Library for 20 years, and was writer and editor of its monthly newsletter.
“She was very well-liked and well-respected,” said Licia Murphy, a friend and neighbor at Fox Hill, who noted that 30 members of the library staff attended the funeral.
Ms. Farrell was also active in the First Congregational Church where she helped organize the church library. An accomplished baker, she would often make the communion bread for the church as well as for events at the Westport Library. Recently, she had baked the wedding cake for the daughter of a friend.
Ms. Farrell had also been a volunteer with Mid-Fairfield Hospice and at the soup kitchen in Westport.
“She was a very sweet, giving, gracious woman,” said Ms. Murphy. “She gave a great deal of herself. She was the best neighbor anyone could want.”
Her only survivor is a sister, Mary Farrell of Tarrytown, N.Y.
Services took place on Friday afternoon at the First Congregational Church. Interment was private.
Contributions in her memory may be made to the First Congregational Church of Ridgefield, 103 Main Street, Ridgefield, CT 06877
The Kane Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.