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Ruth Cady Adams, a 32 year resident of Santa Barbara, passed away on Monday, October 3,
2005, at the age of 98. She was born July 13, 1907, in Chicago, Illinois, to Gilbert Haven
Cady and Marian Denmark Cady. She was the great-great-niece of noted suffragette Elizabeth
Cady Stanton.
Ruth taught physical education and lived in Chile, Bolivia, and Peru for 25 years. In
Chile, she met and married her husband, George Adams, who was a U.S. Foreign Service
Officer. They returned to Illinois in 1956, where Ruth earned her M.A. and taught high
school Spanish until 1972. After her husband's death in 1973, she moved to Santa
Barbara with her sister, Mary, and devoted her life to community service.
Ruth was an active member of the League of Women Voters and the Unitarian Society of Santa
Barbara. She was a founding member of the Santa Barbara Hunger Coalition, the FoodBank of
Santa Barbara County, Transition House, Rental Mediation Task Force, Direct Relief
International, Children's Home Society, and the city/county Task Force on Hunger and
Homelessness. In 1993, she was named Senior Citizen of the Year, and in 2001, she was
named Unitarian Universalist of the Decade. She was prolific in her service, touching the
lives of so many people with her kindness and willingness to help. She will be dearly
missed by her friends, family, and community.
Ruth was preceded in death by her brothers, Allan and Gilbert Cady, and by her sister,
Mary Cady Johnson. She is survived by her nephews, Cady and Derek Johnson, her
great-nephew Jack Johnson, and her great-niece Rose Johnson. According to her wishes,
Ruth's ashes will be scattered at sea, in proximity to those of her sister. A
land-based service is also planned for the same day, prior to the scattering of ashes. The
date and times are pending, with coordination through McDermott-Crockett Mortuary and the
Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara.