Ruth Ann (Gregoire) Dow died at the Aberjona Nursing Center in Winchester on November 19, 2019. She was 85 years of age. Ruth was born in Boston was raised in Medford & Melrose and graduated from Melrose High School. She was a homemaker and a longtime Melrose resident. Ruth worked for a few years at New England Telephone, at Beatrice Foods and Market Forge in Everett for a few years. Former wife of the late Brian Long. Loving mother of Kathryn E. Crowley & her husband Skip of Saugus, and Susan J. Long of Kansas. Proud grandmother of Victoria and Devin Stoddart. Sister of the late Lorraine Campbell & her late husband John of Plymouth, and William Gregoire & his late wife Mary of Plymouth. Also survived by several nieces & nephews. Visiting Hours will be held at the Gately Funeral Home, 79 W. Foster St., Melrose, on Friday November 22, 2019 from 2:00-5:00PM, followed by a funeral service at 5:00PM. Relatives & friends are respectfully invited to attend. Interment in Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose will be private.