Ruth Ann Landis

Ruth Ann Landis (nee Voorhis), age 82 of Boynton Beach, Florida, died peacefully on Sunday, November 3, 2024. Raised in Clifton, NJ, Ruth had lived in Wayne, Short Hills, and Green Pond, NJ, before retiring to Boynton Beach nearly thirty years ago.

Ruth was born on Valentine’s Day, 1942, to J. Chester Voorhis and Violet (nee Stewart), and her ancestry traces back to Mary, Queen of Scots. In 1961, Ruth married Ralph Vander May, with whom she had three children: Pam, Cliff, and Ken. After their divorce in 1969, Ruth married John J. Baum, with whom she had a daughter, Brenda. After John Baum died in 1979, she married Robert Landis in 1981. Ruth and Bob enjoyed a very loving marriage of forty years that included world travel, and countless benevolent hours serving with the Shriners of Salaam Temple in Livingston, NJ. During the 1990’s and 2000’s, Ruth and Bob summered at their beloved Green Pond, NJ, where they socialized at the Green Pond Yacht Club, played lots of tennis, cards, Mahjong, and hosted more than a few cocktail parties with their many friends. Their years at Green Pond were ranked highly among their most memorable and favorite. More recently, they retired to southern Florida, living in Boynton Beach. There, they continued to play tennis, golf, cards and Mahjong, and they socialized daily with their many friends in the Snug Harbor community. Sadly, Bob passed away in 2022, and Ruth has missed him dearly ever since.

Ruth is survived by her four children; Pamela Savage (nee Vander May) and her husband Donald of Denver, North Carolina, Brenda Paddock (nee Baum) of Massachusetts, Cliff Vander May and his wife Tammy of Wayne, NJ, and Ken Vander May and his wife Natalie Lacatena of Wayne, NJ, ten grandchildren, and a large, extended family of loved ones and countless dear friends. She was predeceased by her husband, Robert Landis (2022), by her second husband, John J. Baum (1979), and by her brother, J. Stuart Voorhis (1972).