– May 3, 2024
Ruth Sandra Gooden, born May 9, 1939, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, passed away on May 3, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia surrounded by her loving family. She will be remembered as an intrepid adventurer, a globe trotting traveler, a two-time 2,190 mile Appalachian Trail and a 497 mile road to Santiago in Northern Spain hiker extraordinaire, an amazing ski instructor at both Park City Mountain Resort and Deer Valley Ski Area, a volunteer for the Sundance Film Festival and The Eccles Theater in Park City, a member of Park City Leadership squad always seeking to create a strong sense of diversity and an esteemed docent at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, working tirelessly on “From Harlem to Utah: Stories of Blackness”. She also recorded an audio tour for “Portrait of a Young Musician(1970), by Beaufort Delaney, and finally a creative, thoughtful artist in her own right!
Through her travels around the world, she built a vibrant community of admiring friends and will be remembered as a delightful dinner guest who would regale everyone with her inspiring travel adventures, her sharp wit and sassy sense of humor! She is so very missed!