Ruthe MacQuarrie of Falmouth died at the Falmouth Hospital in the early morning hours of July 8.

She was born Feb. 16, 1923 in Edgartown, the daughter of Charles F. and Mildred Hillman Waters. A longtime resident of Falmouth, she met her husband Donald through the high school basketball rivalry between Falmouth and Edgartown.

She was predeceased by her husband, Donald W. MacQuarrie, and a sister, Louise Norton, of Plympton and Morrisville, Vt.

Survivors include her three children, Donna Esposito, Jeanine Pinto, and Donald R. MacQuarrie; two sisters, Charlotte E. DeVito of Long Island City, N.Y., and Sheila Smith of Jupiter, Fla.; and two brothers, Charles F. Waters 3rd of Poinciana, Fla., and Horace H. Waters of Andover.