Ruth Horowitz Heyman

In Loving Memory of Ruth Horowitz Heyman

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Ruth Horowitz Heyman. Ruth passed away peacefully of natural causes in her sleep at her home in Chandler, AZ on June 17, 2025.

Ruth was born in Syracuse, NY on June 22, 1925 to Morris Benzion and Jennie Teicher Horowitz. Her parents and siblings (Sarah Horowitz Brooks, Edith Horowitz Winter and Charles Lawrence Horowitz) have preceded her in death.

Most of Ruth’s childhood and youth were spent in Utica, NY. She received her RN from Bellevue Hospital in New York City. On March 2,1946 she and Ralph Philip Heyman, Jr. were married civilly at Temple Beth El in New York City and on July 9,1964 they were sealed in the Salt Lake City Utah Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Ruth and Ralph spent their early married years in NYC where Barbara Anne was born. In 1949 they purchased their first home in Bergenfield, NJ where Roger Philip, Raymond Scott and Lori Ann were born. Ralph’s work brought them to Poughkeepsie, NY, (1964); St. Louis, MO (1971) and Riverside, CA (1980). Retirement brought them to Fountain Hills, AZ (1984). After Ralph’s passing (1992) Ruth moved to her home in Chandler, AZ.

Ruth has always been an active and social individual. She has always had a love for learning. In her “retirement” years, she used her nursing degree to provide home care for the “elderly”. She loved puzzles of all kinds – word jumble, crossword, jigsaw. She loved to travel and she loved to dance. She was involved in service and social groups at Church and in the community (FHE, DUP, etc.) She would be one of the first to volunteer to provide service to others. She was a friend that could be counted on.

Ruth was a woman of great faith. Her testimony of the Savior and her membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meant everything to her. She served in many callings in the Wards & Stakes in which she resided. She served with Ralph as an ordinance worker in the Mesa AZ Temple and as a Senior Missionary in the Arizona Scottsdale Mission. After Ralph’s passing, she served a Senior Mission at the Washington DC Temple. She was a great example of love, compassion and service to others.

Most of all, Ruth was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. As a wife and mother, she was the “heart” of her immediate family. Along with her great sense of humor, she has been an unfailing example of unconditional love, faith, steadfastness, enduring to the end and the joy of life to all of her extended family.

Ruth is survived by her children Barbara Gardner Wilkins (AZ), Roger & Cheryl Heyman (CA), Raymond & Diane Heyman (AZ) and Lori & Stephen Scott (AZ) as well as 20 grandchildren and 39 great grandchildren. She will be sorely missed by family and friends.