Ruth M. (Stringer) Schultz Davy

Today, we announce the passing of Ruth M.(Stringer) Schultz Davy, who passed away in her sleep December 20, 2021, in Whitefish Montana. Ruth was born in South Pasadena, CA, May 21, 1928. She was a longtime resident of Lakewood, CA, then Sun City, AZ. Ruth was an administrator at Long Beach City College through the 1970’s-1990’,s and a volunteer at Boswell Medical Center from 2003 to 2010 in AZ. Ruth was the 10th of 14 siblings and was the last surviving of that first Stringer Tribe. When she laughed, she would close her eyes, tears would squeeze out. She would clench her mouth so the sound wouldn’t blast! She said that she and her sisters all laughed this way and together it made them laugh harder! Later, her grandchildren liked to laugh like this with her too. She was an avid believer in modern medicine. She could have been a doctor but life was different in the 1940’s, especially when growing up part of an unconventionally large family, in the middle of LA, with artist parents. Ruth was very proud of her high school diploma and encouraged all of her progeny to get even higher education. Ruth didn’t see what a beautiful woman she was, as so many of us don't, from youth to old age. A beautiful, intelligent woman who helped many struggle through this modern world.
She ate sugar free and low cal everything. She was smart and invested wisely, taking herself from a kid with no shoes to a woman who could
travel and own property. She LOVED her sisters and brothers. They were each other's best friends throughout their lifetimes.
She was preceded in death by her first husband of 50 exciting, hard, and rewarding years, Donal Dann Schultz 1; her daughter Susan (Roger Le France) J. Burdick; and her 13 brothers and sisters. She is survived by her son John/Jack (Jeanie) Schultz; her grandchildren Gregory Burdick, Ryan Burdick, Carmen Schultz and Donal Dann Schultz II, Leland Macnamara and K.C. (Trevor) Howard; And her second husband and friend, Robert Davy. If you wish, memorials may be made to Tiger Mountain Foundation of Phoenix, tigermountainfoundation.org, or Grow Good of CA, www.grow-good.org, in honor of her love of gardening combined with her passion for people living with depression, anxiety, and as a result of circumstances or station. She was a great woman. She made
the world a better place.