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Ida Ruth Burrus Rutherford

Bend, OR

March 2, 1927 - November 8, 2022

Ida Ruth Burrus Rutherford Obituary

Ida Ruth Burrus Rutherford was born March 2, 1927 in Sacramento, CA to Marshal & Dorothy Burrus. She was the middle child with an older brother (Thomas) and a younger (James). Her family operated a chicken ranch for many years.


She married Robert (Bob) Rutherford in 1948. They had two boys, Robert (1949) and Stephen (1951). In 1966 the family moved to Lake Tahoe where they built their own house and opened a business, House of Wood Interiors. In 1976 Bob, being a restless type, decided to make a change which was very hard for Ida as she loved living at Tahoe. But they sold out and moved to Santa Rosa, CA where she and Bob opened a new business, Santa Rosa RV Center. Then again in 1981 they sold this business and moved to Bend, OR where they opened All Seasons RV & Marine. They operated this business until 1994 when Bob became ill and they sold it. Ida then went to work for Walmart. When Bob passed away in 1996 she moved back to Sacramento to be close to her brothers. She worked at Walmart there also until 2009 when at the age of 82 she finally retired.


In 2015 she moved back to Bend to be with her son Robert in her final years. She loved and supported her family all her life. She also loved her dear little dashounds, 8 in all, who kept her company through many years. She was loved and appreciated by her daughters-in- law Yvonne, Karen and Kim.


She was energetic and hard working, loyal and devoted, practical and fair, cheerful and as independent as they come and she had the most beautiful dark red hair. She liked traveling (especially to Alaska to visit Steve & Karen), sewing, cooking, telling stories about her childhood(very entertaining), giving presents, being married to Bob (her one and only) and being grandma to 5 grandchildren - Vincent, Jessica, Sara, Addy and Rob and 2 step grand children - Tracy and Jessica. She also had 12 great grand children and 2 great, great grand children.


She passed peacefully in her sleep November 8, 2022 at home with Robert.


Many thanks to Partners in Care Hospice.

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