Ruth G. McNamee

Ruth G. McNamee passed away peacefully February 21, 2019 in Ft. Collins Colorado. She was born June 15, 1927 in Denver, Colorado to Sidney A. and Georgia (Merrill) Graves. Ruth grew up in Cheyenne, Wyoming, with her sister Lynn. She graduated from Cheyenne High School in 1945, and she then attended the University of Wyoming graduating with a B.S. in Home Economics in 1949.

While at the University, Ruth was a member of Kappa Delta Sorority and a member of the University Sharp Shooting team. She continued a lifelong love of plants by working for the Botany department cataloguing plants co...