Ruth Meadows, 92

Ruth Virginia Meadows passed away on October 30, 2014 at Ace Elder Care in Bonners Ferry, Idaho.  Services to be announced.

Ruth was born on December 1, 1921 in Chicago, IL to Stanley and Elsie (Hall) Lind.  The family moved to Santa Monica, CA when Ruth was three years old.  Ruth was a High School graduate at L.A. High School and of Sawyer Business College.

In 1943 she enlisted in the Navy as a wave, and served in Naval Air Priorities Office in San Francisco during WWII.

She married Vance W. Meadows who passed away April 24, 1984.  Ruth was a “Mover and Shaker in the Marketing business world in Century City, CA.  Her favorite charity was the Motion Pictures Mothers Organization in Hollywood.  They assisted in raising funds for the motion picture country home where celebrities had fallen on hard times.  Ruth became their Vice President and Board Member.

Ruth’s children Vance T. Meadows and Nancy L. Meadows were entrenched in the entertainment field as a child actors and professional Singer.  Vance T. Meadows died in New Mexico on May 19, 1986.

Ruth loved her family and believed in a positive thinking attitude.  She was one of a kind, and never was domestic, she burned all food and never sewed on a button, but she was the life of a party even at 93.

She is survived by her daughter, Nancy L. Meadows Langley; granddaughter, Jenny Lind Tough Dugan; grandson, Mike Meadows;  great grandchildren Adrienne Pearl Krusynsky; Owen Michell Boyd; Avery Lynn Dugan; and Van McClain Meadows.