{"id":3135765,"date":"2026-03-01T00:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T05:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/ruth-peterson\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T00:16:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T05:16:52","slug":"ruth-peterson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/ruth-peterson\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruth Peterson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Peterson<\/strong>\u2014<em>Ruth Peterson<\/em>, 101 a\u00f1os, el 31 de enero de 2026, en paz, en su casa de Pennswood Village, una comunidad cu\u00e1quera de jubilaci\u00f3n en Newtown, Pa. Ruth naci\u00f3 el 13 de julio de 1924, hija de Nellie Mumma Thomas y Samuel R. Thomas, en Sheridan, Wyo. Se gradu\u00f3 en el instituto de Sheridan en 1940. Ruth era la menor de nueve hermanos. Sus padres eran colonos en Sheridan.    <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ruth y su difunto esposo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/charles-fillmore-peterson\/\">Charley Peterson<\/a> (1920\u20132019), estaban profundamente arraigados en la comunidad de Los Amigos de Abington, Pa. Ambos vivieron la profunda experiencia de \u201cvolver a casa\u201d al entrar por primera vez en la serena gracia de, y sentarse en, los antiguos bancos de madera del Meetinghouse de Abington.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A lo largo de sus cinco d\u00e9cadas en la Junta de Abington, Ruth sirvi\u00f3 fielmente en comit\u00e9s de educaci\u00f3n religiosa, clase de adultos, supervisores, nominaciones, divulgaci\u00f3n, y culto y ministerio. Fue secretaria de Abington Quarter y form\u00f3 parte del comit\u00e9 de nominaciones de la Junta Anual de Filadelfia (PYM). Su servicio se extendi\u00f3 al Comit\u00e9 Central de Friends General Conference y a su Comit\u00e9 de Educaci\u00f3n Religiosa, y asisti\u00f3 a la mayor\u00eda de los encuentros de verano de FGC. Ruth fue representante de PYM ante el Friends World Committee for Consultation, asistiendo al Trienal de 1994 en Ghost Ranch, en Abiquiu, N.M.; y form\u00f3 parte del Patronato de <em>Friends Journal<\/em> de 1997 a 2003.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Ruth le encantaban los ni\u00f1os y ense\u00f1\u00f3 en la escuela del Primer D\u00eda, iniciando una querida tradici\u00f3n de regalar a los ni\u00f1os una cajita especial. Ella y Charley se reun\u00edan con parejas en comit\u00e9s de claridad para el matrimonio y en grupos informales de apoyo. Aunque el trabajo de Charley por la paz y la justicia quiz\u00e1 sea m\u00e1s conocido, Ruth comenz\u00f3 su labor de educaci\u00f3n para la paz a\u00f1os antes como ponente del programa Green Circle (desarrollado por Gladys Rollings del norte de Filadelfia) en diversas escuelas de barrios de Filadelfia durante una \u00e9poca de tensiones raciales intensificadas.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ruth y Charley acogieron en su coraz\u00f3n a muchas familias j\u00f3venes, tocando innumerables vidas. La gente se consideraba parte de la \u201cfamilia\u201d de Ruth y Charley. Ruth encarnaba el papel de \u201canfitriona\u201d y se propuso dar la bienvenida a todas las familias, a personas solteras y a reci\u00e9n llegados gais y lesbianas con una calidez natural y un cuidado genuino.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En Pennswood Village, donde fue residente durante muchos a\u00f1os, Ruth era conocida por su entusiasmo por el registro de votantes, la pintura en acuarela y la organizaci\u00f3n de bailes. Entrevistaba y presentaba a cada nuevo residente a la comunidad, gan\u00e1ndose el cari\u00f1oso t\u00edtulo de \u201calcaldesa\u201d no oficial de Pennswood Village. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ruth y Charley estuvieron casados 75 a\u00f1os y les encantaba viajar, bailar square dance, cantar canciones de amor a varias voces, cuidar su huerto y celebrar \u201creuniones de trabajo\u201d por la tarde para hablar del d\u00eda mientras tomaban una onza de chocolate negro. Ambos se consideraban parte de las comunidades de la Junta de Abington y de Newtown. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Los Amigos quiz\u00e1 recuerden a Ruth por sus muchos logros, pero sobre todo por lo bien que hac\u00eda sentir a los dem\u00e1s: con sus abrazos c\u00e1lidos, su amor por la serendipia y su inspiradora pregunta: \u201c\u00bfQu\u00e9 es importante para ti?\u201d.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ruth fue precedida en la muerte por su esposo, Charley, en 2019, y por un hijo, David, en 2025.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le sobreviven tres hijos, Tom, Tim y Georgia; un nieto; y un bisnieto.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Habr\u00e1 dos servicios conmemorativos: uno en Pennswood Village (1382 Newtown-Langhorne Road, Newtown, Pa.) el 29 de mayo de 2026, de 13:00 a 15:00; y el otro en Abington Meeting (520 Meetinghouse Road, Jenkintown, Pa.) el 30 de mayo de 2026, de 13:00 a 15:00, con opci\u00f3n virtual. Consulta todos los detalles en <a href=\"https:\/\/www.online-tribute.com\/RuthPeterson\"><em>Online-tribute.com\/RuthPeterson<\/em><\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peterson\u2014Ruth Peterson, 101 a\u00f1os, el 31 de enero de 2026, en paz, en su casa de Pennswood Village, una comunidad&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5090,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9829],"tags":[],"fpb_issue_category":[25298],"class_list":["post-3135765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hitos","fpb_issue_category-identidades-de-genero-y-sexuales"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ruth Peterson - Friends Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/ruth-peterson\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ruth Peterson\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Peterson\u2014Ruth Peterson, 101 a\u00f1os, el 31 de enero de 2026, en paz, en su casa de Pennswood Village, una comunidad&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/ruth-peterson\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Friends Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/friendsjournal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-01T05:20:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-02T05:16:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/FJ_generic_featured_FINAL.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"779\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"438\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Friends Journal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@friendsournal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@friendsournal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Friends Journal\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minuto\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/ruth-peterson\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/ruth-peterson\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Friends Journal\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/315ffb22a36ecbabdf5dbdc09d7d1eb7\"},\"headline\":\"Ruth Peterson\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-01T05:20:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-02T05:16:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/ruth-peterson\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":641,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Hitos\"],\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/ruth-peterson\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/ruth-peterson\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/ruth-peterson\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ruth Peterson - 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