Jan 20, 2021 Ruth Mace Prime passed away peacefully at her beloved home early in the morning of Jan. 13, 2021. Her son Jon was by her side. She died from complications of congestive heart failure at age 90. Born in Brooklyn on June 28, 1930, to Romaine and Earl Mace, she spent her childhood in Morristown, New Jersey. Ruth graduated from The Kent Place School and later pursued music at Smith College. She then went on to teach kindergarten at The Peck School in Morristown. Her marriage to George Bramhall ended in divorce in 1955, and she moved to Keeseville with her two small children, Peter and Darcy.