NameKenneth Percival Rutherford
Birth14 Oct 1917, Grafton Twp, Walsh, North Dakota
Death30 May 1991, Sierra Vista, Arizona
BurialSouthern Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Siera Vista, Cochise, Arizona
Misc. Notes
Kenneth was born on the farm of his parents near Grafton, North Dakota. He married Midred Rutherford in1943 and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Uss Burfish.chiefmachinsiut mate, worked on diesals
Manager of Nash store and post office. Henry Monson owner of store.
1948 bought farm. farmed three years. born in Hillsboro. (Doug, boy, girl) He farmed near Cummings, North Dakota. Kenny and Millie had three children that died in childbirth or shortly thereafter. They are buried in the town cemetery in Hillsboro. ,
North Dakota.
Kenny and Millie moved to Burlington, Iowa with their sons, Mike and Dan, where Kenny founded the Rutherford Potato Company. They later moved to Phoenix, Arizona about 1971.
Mabel married John Ingles Holler on 20 Oct 1941 in Grafton twp. , Walsh Cty., ND. John was born on 4 Dec 1919 in Drayton, ND.
John Ingles Holler
Kenneth Percival Rutherford (ca, 1944)
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Kenny died at his home in Sierra Vista after a bout with skin cancer. Funeral services were first held at the Hatfield Funeral Home in Sierra Vista on June 1, and at the Best Funeral Home in Peoria, Arizona on June 3. Interment was in Veterans National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona in Phoenix.
Kenneth married Mildred Thorpe on 19 Apr 1943 in New London, CN. Mildred was born on 3 Feb 1917 in Enderlin, ND.
Spouses
Birth3 Feb 1917, Enderlin, Ransom, ND
Death15 Apr 2011, Sierra Vista, Cochise, Arizona
BurialSouthern Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Siera Vista, Cochise, Arizona
Marriage19 Apr 1943, New London, Connecticut