Ina Cecil Salter, 79-year Ridgefielder

Ina Cecil Salter, who had lived in Ridgefield 79 of her 89 years, died Wednesday, Aug. 9, in New Hope Care Center in Tracy, Calif.
Mrs. Salter had moved to Tracy 10 years ago to be closer to her daughter, Shirley Vartan Wilson.
A Ridgefield native, she was born on June 15, 1911, and had been a retired incoming quality control inspector for Trak Inc. of Norwalk.
Over the years, she had been a Girl Scout leader, and was active in the Cooperative Extension Service, Mary Rebekah Lodge, and the Mamanasco Chapter Order of Eastern Star. She had been a member of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church.
“She was an excellent seamstress and taught many sewing and tailoring classes,” said Mrs. Wilson. “She loved gardening, bird watching, music, poetry, and stamp collecting.”
Besides her daughter, she is survived by a son, Dr. Thomas Salter and his wife, Norma, of Mansfield Center; a daughter, Norma Stevens Couillard and her husband Bob of Danbury; her son-in-law, Jim Wilson of Tracy; seven grandchildren: Donna Stevens of Danbury, Brian Stevens of West Redding, Roger Stevens of Merrimack, N.H., Sandra Varian Minor of St. Louis, Mo., Victoria Varian of Denver, Colo., Alexandria Varian Barnard of Monterey, Calif., and Jesse Salter of Arlington, Va.; and by four great-grandchildren.
A celebration of life memorial service will take place Saturday, Aug. 19, at 10 a.m. at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Tracy.
Burial will take place at a later date in Mapleshade Cemetery, Ridgefield.
The Fry Memorial Chapel in Tracy is in charge of arrangements.