Mrs. Ruth Florence Ottoson, 83, died Monday, January 19, 2004 at Pepper Hill Nursing Home. Service will be private. She was born in New York City to the daughter of the late Joseph and Ruth Bergman. Mrs. Ottoson has lived in Aiken for the past thirty years after moving from Miami, FL. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Aiken, SC and was very active in several bridge clubs in Aiken. Survivors include her daughters; Jean Freedman, Hillsdale, NJ, Judy Womack, Seattle, WA, Janice Klerlein, Santa Monica, CA, son, Robert Ottoson, St. Helena, SC, three grandchildren and one great grandson. Memorials may be made to the charity of ones choice.