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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