Helen Joy Rutherford

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Our mom and grandma Helen passed away peacefully on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021 at Autumn Place in Joplin, Mo. She was 87 years old. Born on Nov. 24, 1933 in Fort Scott, Kan., Helen Joy Rutherford was the only child of Thomas Andrew and Dortha Mae (Beagles) Rutherford. She grew up on the family farm just across the state line in Missouri near Garland, Kan., and graduated with the class of 1950 in Bronaugh, Mo.

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