The DEA regrets to announce that pioneering Det. Ruth M. Whaley passed away on June 23, 2022, at 90 years of age. She was appointed to the NYPD January 17, 1964. On March 28, 1974, she was promoted to Detective, and she retired from the NYPD in September of 1987. In 1991, she began her second career as a DA Investigator in Manhattan, until she retired again in March of 2012. Her wake and funeral will be held tomorrow, Friday, July 1, 2022, at Roy L. Gilmore Funeral Home in Chapel A at 191-02 Linden Boulevard at 191st Street in St. Albans, Queens, New York 11412. Viewing will begin at 9:30 a.m. and the funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Interment will follow at Pinelawn Cemetery at 2030 Wellwood Avenue in Farmingdale, New York 11735.
Detectives' Endowment Association, Inc. — Scott Munro, President
