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Ruth ALLA

Winchester, Massachusetts

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ALLA, Ruth (Samuelson) Known to her friends and family as Sandy, Ruth Alla passed away in her sleep at 105 years on February 26, 2023. A resident of Winchester since 1952, she had lived the past three years in Reading with her daughter and son-in-law. Sandy was born November 11, 1917, in Newman...

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The tides of life tend to restrict us...well, me...to memories, histories as families develop, careers blossom, history accumulates, all that. But the tears I felt looking at Sandy's photo clarified the time when the Winchester house was being built, and I had the mumps. My dad drove our '52 Ford to visit the Allas. My aunt Ruth gave me a comfortable bed in the almost finished new house that was as prudently distant from the rest of the family. Nevertheless my sister and I managed to have...

Dear Auntie Ruth meant the world to me! I wanted to be just like her when I grew up! I wanted to be with her every minute of the vacation time we had when our families gathered at my grandparent´s home in Minnesota. I am so grateful for being able to host Auntie Ruth and Uncle Al in our home in Sweden in 1990, as well as being able to visit them one last time before Uncle Al passed away. Auntie Ruth was a very happy, positive, witty, bright, creative, talented, musical, wonderful woman. May...

Lovely lady. Sandy was well loved and appreciated at the Jenks Center. R.I.P.

Sandy was one of my most favorite people - she and your dad were part of the tennis group back in the 50's and many more years after that....we always had such good times and your mom was always around with a big smile and so welcoming - over the years we would see one and other and always the same - happy, smiling and welcoming she was....and that also went for your dad....so sorry to hear about your mom but what a wonderful life she had and she gave so much to so many of us. My deepest...