Age 33. 19 Marlborough Street, Boston. Born 7/17/1909, in Winchester, MA. Died of carbon monoxide poisoning (death certificate), or "trampled to death" (newspapers). Stenographer at the First National Bank of Boston, in Boston. To the Grove with an unnamed U.S. naval officer who brought her out alive, but was reported knocked senseless and badly burned (fate unknown). Her remains were located at Southern Mortuary, Boston. A touching tribute was offered in an open letter by "Ruthie's Loving Friend" to The Boston Globe on December 4: "No mother strokes the curly hair back from her forehead and weeps because the lovely brown eyes will smile no more. She had no family. Since her teens it was her destiny to walk alone..." Also: "And she lies out there all alone. Only at night when our work is over does anyone keep vigil..." Writer was not further identified. Was single. Was raised in Winchester by a late maternal grandmother, Mrs. Mary J. Carrns (died in 1931). Was a graduate of Winchester High School. Surname was misspelled "McDonald" (missing the first "a") on her death certificate and on the final official November 1943 Boston Committee on Public Safety master list of casualties. Late parents Mr. and Mrs. William G. and Isabelle (Carrns) MacDonald. Her mother died in 1917. Burial at Wildwood Cemetery, Winchester. In memoriam poem published in the 5/27/1943 Boston Herald upon the six-month anniversary of her death opens: "Not all alone, dear Ruth, today; Your grave is graced with flowers of Spring..." (no writer identified by name). Middle name Isabelle.

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