Nancy Ruth Williams Kiley

passed away at home with her husband and children at her bedside. She was born on August 25, 1950 in Suffolk, Virginia to Nancy Ruth and Thaddeus Thomas Williams. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Connecticut. In 1972, she married Edmund I. Kiley, a career officer in the U.S. Coast Guard. Together, they lived in coastal cities and towns across the United States: Kodiak Island, Alaska; Newport, Rhode Island; Laguna Vista, Texas; New Orleans, Louisiana; Washington, D.C.; and Bainbridge Island, Washington. She is survived by her mother, her husband, her three children (Brendan, Conor, and Caitlin Kiley), and her three sisters (Debbie Chappell, Betty Manzi, and Jean Reilly). Ruth was actively involved in St. Cecilia's Catholic Church and the Bainbridge Island school system.Family and friends remember her fondly for her quick wit, sharp intelligence, strong opinions, and relentlessness on the tennis court and at the bridge table. Her funeral will be held at St. Cecilia's Catholic Church on Saturday Jan 22 at 10 am. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the Helpline House on Bainbridge Island or the Floyd and Dolores Jones Cancer Institute at Virginia Mason.