Ruth M. Adams

June 11, 1940 - June 9, 2022

Ruth M. Adams, 81, passed away on 9 June 2022 at her Hot Springs home, surrounded by her family and loved ones. Ruth was born on 11 June 1940 in Chicago, IL. Ruth was a hard worker who excelled in the hospitality industry thanks to her intellect and self-discipline. Upon retirement Ruth and her family moved to Hot Springs. Ruth always said she was a Chicagoan by birth but an Arkansan by choice. Everyone who knew Ruth knew that she lived for her grandkids and for the opportunity to help a friend in need! Ruth was a veracious reader who instilled a love of books into her grandkids. Ruth is proceeded in death by her beloved daughter Susan Y. Benites and is survived by her daughter, Carla Casillas, her two granddaughters, Stephany Casillas (Chelsea) and Julie (Thomas) Brooks and grandson Zachary (Cameron) Owen as well as the countless lives of beloved friends that had the opportunity to know her. Ruth proudly donated her body to the Genesis Body Donation Foundation as her final selfless act of giving so in leu of a burial service there will be Celebration of Life held for Ruth in the place where she spent countless hours laughing and fellowshipping with friends in the community center at the Aristocrat Manor on Saturday 18 June 2022 at 6:30 PM. If you knew and loved Ruth like we did, feel free to join us in celebrating the amazing woman that she was!! “I’ll be on your side, and by your side; even from the other side.” -Ruth M. Adams