Obituary for Ruth Heckman Edmondson
The Ithaca Journal, Jul 27 1994, P. 4

"Ruth Heckman Edmondson, world traveller and adventurer of Ithaca and Florida, died of cancer on July 21, 1994 at St. Vincent's Hospital & Medical Center in Portland, OR.
  Born in Albany. NY on 9/26/24, she was a graduate of Ithaca High School, Class of '41 and attended Syracuse University. She worked for WHCU and Mohawk Airlines in Ithaca, and was employed by The Experiment in International Living of Putney, VT as a leader of college students to foreign countries for study and home stays.
  Memorial services will be held in Forest Home Chapel on Sat. Sept. 3 at 3:00 p.m.
  She is survived by a sister Grace (Gifford) Bull of Starkville, MS and several nieces, nephews and one great-niece."