Ruth Short Chambers, a longtime resident of La Jolla, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010 at the age of 92. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio and moved to San Diego in 1940 with her first husband, Willis E. Short, owner of La Jolla Interiors. They were longtime members of the San Diego Yacht Club and very active in the West Coast sailing community and La Jolla Optimist Club. She and her second husband, J. Harvey Chambers, also shared a mutual love of the sea and the local Cuyamaca Mountains. Ruth was also a longtime active member of the San Diego Maritime Museum Auxiliary. She is survived by her son, Willis E. Short II; and daughters, Penny McKittrick and Judith Ingalls; five grandchildren: Chris Ingalls, Meredith McKittrick Ford, Michaelann McKittrick Carroll, Ed Short, Elizabeth Short; and four great grandchildren: Baily Ingalls, Summer Ingalls, Casey Carroll and baby-to-be-Ford. A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, Oct. 23, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the San Diego Yacht Club in the Spinnaker Room. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a donation to the San Diego Hospice.
