The sweep of family history across the generations
Helga expressed a commitment to liberal values in her lifelong work for the League of Women Voters.
In 1955, Helga led a committee of parents to open a preschool in Vestal.
Stanley Ruby entered the public debate over nuclear missile technology in 1968-69.
Walter Ruby hustled his way as a traveling silver salesman, with some career side trips into boxing promotion and medicinal alcohol.