Bertha
Josephine
Rutherford
formerly Steele
Born in Warriors Mark Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Martin Steele
and Ethel Mae (Clouser) Hartsock
Sister of
Helene (Steele) Nickola [half], Robert C Reigh [half], [private brother (1920s - 2010s)], Gertrude Leora (Steele) Steiner, Ethel Jenevenie (Steele) Peeler, Esther Minerva Steele and [private sister (1930s - unknown)]
Wife of
Harry Blair Rutherford
— married
10 Oct 1939 in Alexandria
[children unknown]
Died
at age 94
in Tyrone, Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Biography
Bertha is first (1st) child of Ethel Mae (Clouser) Steele and William Martin Steele. Bertha married Harry Blair Rutherford on October 10, 1939 in Alexandria. He died Sept 7, 1986.
Bertha retired in 1985 from Big Yank, Tyrone from First Aide room following 31 years service. She was a member of Christ United Methodist Church, Tyrone and was a life member of the Tyrone VFW Woman's Auxiliary. Bertha enjoyed traveling all over the United States and was an avid NASCAR fan.
Services were held Thursday, March 19, 2015 at 7 P.M. at Feller Memorial Home.
Bertha was buried at Seven Stars Cemetery, Seven Stars, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA. Find A Grave memorial # 144142977
Sources
- 1940 U.S. Federal Census
- Find A Grave memorial 144142977
- Clouser Family Records
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bertha by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Bertha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bertha by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Bertha:
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~12.50%
~12.50%
Diana (Clouser) Curtis 
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member diclouser
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~6.25%
Kristi (Clouser) Skurzewski :
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