Bayan mutuwar Ride, obituary ta bayyana cewa abokin tarayya na shekaru 27 shine Tam O'Shaughnessy, farfesa emerita na ilimin halayyar makaranta a Jami'ar Jihar San Diego da abokiyar yarinta, wanda ya sadu da ita lokacin da dukansu ke neman 'yan wasan tennis. O'Shaughnessy kuma marubucin kimiyya ne, kuma daga baya, wanda ya kafa Sally Ride Science. O'Shaughnessy yanzu yana aiki a matsayin Babban Jami'in da Shugaban Kwamitin Gudanarwa na Sally Ride Science. Sun rubuta littattafan kimiyya na yara shida tare.
kusa da mahaifinta a Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery, Santa Monica