Kathleen Rutherford
Jan. 9, 1951-March 14, 2017
Kathleen Ann Ruther-
ford, 66, of San Antonio,
TX died on March 14,
2017 at home in San An-
tonio, TX after a coura-
geous battle against canc-
er.
A celebration of life for
Kathy will be held on Sa-
turday, June 17, 2017 at
1:00 p.m. at the Gilbert-
son Funeral Home, Devils
Lake, ND. She will be
buried at the Devils Lake
Cemetery.
Kathy was born in Cros-
by, ND to Lawrence and
Irene Rutherford on Janu-
ary 9, 1951. She graduated
from Minot High School
in 1969. Kathy attended
St. Olaf College and the
University of North Dako-
ta. She finished her BSN
degree at Loretto Heights
College in Denver. She re-
ceived a MSN degree from
the University of New
Mexico and completed a
Geriatric Nurse Practition-er program at the Univer-
sity of Arkansas for Medi-
cal Science.
As one of her close
nursing friends stated:
“Some people just pass
through your life and
touch you in a lasting
way. Kathy was one of
them. I have been think-
ing about it all day and I
think it was a combina-
tion of her incredible in-
tegrity combined with
such insightfulness and
humor. Thinking I can
never be as honestly good
as she was but I will con-
tinue to try.”
Kathy loved to travel,
was a voracious reader
and never met an animal
who didn’t immediately
adore her.
Kathy was preceded in
death by: her parents,
Lawrence and Irene Ruth-
erford and niece Camille
Knox.
She is survived by: her
sister Susan Rutherford of
San Antonio, Texas and
niece Cayley
Rutherford-Olson who at-
tends University of Mis-
sissippi.
In lieu of flowers,
memorials are preferred
to the Rutherford Family
Memorial Endowment,
University of Mississippi,
University Foundation,
406 University Avenue,
Oxford, MS, 38655.
Online condolences
may be expressed at
www.gilbertson
funeralhome.com