Wendy Huntington Rueda

Wendy Huntington Rueda, whose 30 year career in communications included education, finance and cancer research died on July 17, 2024. She was 58 years old.

She was known to her circle of friends and colleagues for her curious nature, quick wit and irreverent sense of humor. Due to her superior writing and interest in research, she gravitated early in her career to the healthcare field. She considered her work at the National Cancer Institute to be the pinnacle of her professional life.

Wendy was an avid reader with a love of current events, popular culture, politics, and the arts. She had a passion for live music and traveled widely, spending many holidays in Buenos Aires and Mar del Plata, Argentina, with her husband's family. She was especially proud of her daughter Rylie, a division 1 Fencer at Boston College and the University of the Incarnate Word.

More than 30 years in Adams Morgan, Wendy is survived by her husband Guillermo; her daughter Rylie; her brother William; her sister Lynn; her many nieces and nephews and her Border Terrier, Rex. A funeral mass will be held on Thursday, July 25 at Holy Trinity Church, 10: 30 a.m., and she will be interred at St. Paul's Rock Creek Cemetery the following day. Contributions can be made in her name to the Washington Yu Ying and Capital Area Food Bank.