Broadhurst, Ruth P.

Ruth Phillips Broadhurst died peacefully in her sleep on November 25, 2021 at the age of 95. She was predeceased in death by her husband, Lawrence Broadhurst and her son, Richard Lawrence Broadhurst. 

She is survived by her son, Scott William Broadhurst and grandson, Greg Lawrence Broadhurst and her daughter, Christine Broadhurst Whitman and her husband Steve Whitman, as well as granddaughter Kimberly Whitman Salisbury and her husband, Sam Salisbury and great granddaughter, Claire Ruth Salisbury and grandson, Zachary Richard Whitman and his wife, Widad Echahly Whitman and great grandson, Max Rachid Whitman. 

Born to parents, Richard Oliver Phillips and Maude Richards Phillips in Yonkers, NY on November 4, 1926, Ruth married Larry Broadhurst during their senior year at Syracuse University. They moved to the Rochester area in 1956.  She graduated with a BFA from Syracuse University where she studied her first love, drawing and painting,  and raised her family in Penfield and Fairport, NY. She moved to Pittsford, NY after being widowed, to be near her children and grandchildren.  She taught nursery school at Allendale Columbia for 30 years before retiring and was an avid oil and water color artist her entire life. 

Those who knew Ruth will remember her fondly for her love of life, art and family and friends. Some of her happiest times were painting and being together with friends at the family cottage on Gananoque River in Ontario, Canada. 

Anyone choosing to do so, is invited to remember Ruth with a gift to the Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester or Lollypop Farm.