Ruth Stafford Peale Dies

Ruth Stafford Peale, who with her late husband, Norman Vincent Peale, co-founded the global inspirational organization Guideposts, died Wednesday. She was 101.

She died at her home in Pawling, N.Y., about 70 miles north of New York City, Guideposts spokeswoman Kelly Mangold said.

Norman Vincent Peale, one of the 20th century's foremost preachers and motivational speakers, authored "The Power of Positive Thinking," a classic best-selling book that outlines how people's lives can be improved and strengthened through faith. Peale, the longtime pastor of Manhattan's Marble Collegiate Church, part of the Reformed Church in America, died in 1993.

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She leaves two daughters, Margaret Peale Everett of Sherman, Conn., and Elizabeth Peale Allen of Pawling; a son, John Stafford Peale of Palmyra, Va.; eight grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

Rest In Peace, Ruth.