Ora Zelpha (Rutherford) Story (1877 - 1950)

Born 17 Apr 1877 in Gosport, Marion Co., Iowa

Ancestors

Wife of Earl Phylander Story — married 1915 in Lingle, Goshen County, Wyoming, United States

Died 17 Dec 1950 at age 73 in Kennewick, Washington

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Biography

Ora (Rutherford) Story is a member of Clan Rutherford.

Northeast Missouri State Teachers College Alumni Roster - 1924

Ora Rutherford: PdB 1910

MPd 1910

PdB, Univ. of Chicago, 1911

Librarian, K.S.T.C., Kirksville, Mo.1909-10

High school teacher:

Madison, Mo., 1911-12

Kirksville, Mo., 1912-13

Lingle, Wyo., 1913-15

Newspaper: Tri-City Herald › 1950 › December › 19 December 1950 › Page 8 – Kennewick Washington – Benton County

Rites Thursday For Mrs. Story Funeral services of Mrs. Ora Zelpha Rutherford Story, who died Dec. 17 at her home on Murphy Road, Kennewick, will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Mueller chapel in Kennewick, the Rev. Virgil Halbig of the Christian church officiating. Burial will be made in Riverview Heights cemetery. Born April 17. 1877 in Marion county, Iowa, Mrs. Story, with her husband came to Kennewick to make her home in 1936. He preceded her in death a year ago. She is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Bertha Kirby, Des Moines, la.; Mrs. J. H. McKinney, San Diego, Cal., and Mrs. Corda Hatton, Stoutsville, Mo; and three brothers, A. L. Rutherford, Portland; Frank Hastings, Neb., and Edward, Des Moines. A niece; Mrs. Betty Rutherford Wiegand, Kennewick, also survives as does a grand-nephew, Gary Rutherford Wiegand.

Sources

• Newspaper: Tri-City Herald › 1950 › December › 19 December 1950 › Page 8 – Kennewick Washington – Benton County

• Northeast Missouri State Teachers College Alumni Roster - 1924

• http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Ora_Rutherford_(2)

• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9055075