Jones Geneaology Report 2024.02.18 - Person Sheet
Jones Geneaology Report 2024.02.18 - Person Sheet
NameDelbert Leonard Rutherford
Birth28 Apr 1905, Grafton Twp, Walsh City, North Dakota
Death14 Jan 1993, Fort Lauderdale, Broward, Florida
BurialFred Hunter’s Hollywood Memorial Gardens North, Hollywood, Broward, Florida
FatherJohn Nichol Rutherford (1875-1960)
Misc. Notes
Delbert Rutherford was born April 28, 1905 on the farm of his maternal grandparents, Martin and Caroline Dahl, in Grafton Township, Walsh County, ND . The family moved from the Dahl farm to the farm of James Rutherford, the paternal grandfather, in 1913. The James Rutherford farm was located in Fertile Township.
Delbert worked on the family farm as a youngster, attending the country school. He left the farm at the age of 17, and went to Duluth, Minnesota where he found work. Next he traveled to Superior, Wisconsin where he managed a grocery store, and then he moved to Chicago, Illinois where he managed an A. and P. store.
While working as an operator on a Chicago streetcar, Delbert met Angelina Ritzo from Brockway, Pennslyvania. "Ange" was attending hair dressers school, and after her classes, she rode home on the streetcar that Delbert ran. After getting acquainted, they dated one another for a year before they were married in Pennsylvania. Delbert got along well with Ange's parent, Patsy Ritzo and Bambino Franconi. He said, "I really enjoyed the things they did, like baking bread in a brick oven, twenty-five loaves at a time!" Deb and Ange stayed eight years in Chicago, he working on the streetcars, and she as a hair dresser. Their daughter, Patricia, was born there in 1933.
About 1935 the family moved to Drayton, North Dakota, where their son, John Nichol, was born in 1937. They owned the Home Cafe in Drayton. They also farmed, ran the J.I. Case implement business, and ran the potato house while there. Angelina had a beauty shop in downtown Drayton, and after selling it, never gave up doing hair. They moved to Florida in 1960 and lived in North Miami Beach for several years before moving to Tamarac, Florida, near their son "Jack." In the summers, they returned to Fargo, North Dakota to spend time with their daughter's family who resided there.
Delbert died at the Florida Medica Center, January 14, 1993. Services were held in Hollywood, Florida with John Denicker and Dave Melton officiating. Both Delbert and Angelina died in Florida.
Spouses
Birth15 May 1905, Pennsylvania
Death11 Sep 1999, Tamarac, Broward, Florida
BurialFred Hunter’s Hollywood Memorial Gardens North, Hollywood, Broward, Florida
Marriage27 Sep 1930, Brockway, Jefferson, Pennsylvania
ChildrenJohn Nichol (1937-2001)
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