Ruth Wright Faust & James E. Faust

I read in the news today that Sister Ruth Faust, wife of President James E. Faust, passed away yesterday- exactly 6 months after the passing of her husband. I do not know much about her life and family, except that Pres. Faust was extremely fond of her and expressed it often. I read an article in the Deseret News that says it all. The photos are also from www.deseretnews.com. This may be my last blog post before the copyright police haul me off. I quote from it below (heavily)...

"My dad has always made it very clear how much he loves my mother and respects womanhood," daughter Lisa said in a 1995 church magazine article. "He has always treated her with a sweet tenderness."

It was his love for his wife, Ruth, and their family that held sway in his heart.

"With all my heart I want to thank Ruth Wright Faust for letting me share her life and giving me the hope that we can share eternity together," President Faust said in 1973 when he was called as an assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve. "She is more than a wife and a sweetheart because she has become part of my very being."

"The Fausts were one of the church's great love stories," said Olsen. "President Faust won her away from many suitors. When they came into the same room, the world stopped and for a few moments, it was just the two of them, as they communicated through a glance or greetings. If you were in President Faust's office and she called, he not only always took the call, but also made it clear that she was his number one priority. The heavens are richer and the world poorer with the change of residence of Ruth Wright Faust."

-Deseret News article by Leigh Dethman

What a great example they are! I am so grateful for the examples of all of those who demonstrate what marriage is meant to be- in every stage- from beginning to... well, of course it doesn't have an end... isn't that just dandy!
-Loren