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Barb - Please give my condolences to  Anne's husband and family.  She
will be sorely missed.  Jo Ann

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 23:07:18 -0500 Barbara Patterson
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> The phone rang here this evening.  It was John Rutherford, Anne's
> husband with the sad news that Anne died on Jan. 11, 2004.  She had
> had
> a heart attack on December 18, 2003; last Sunday she had another and
> died.  Anne was a truly good person and a wonderful friend to me, to
> our
> list, and to others with Parkinson's.  She was determined,
> motivated,
> dedicated and funny.  She worked far too long and too hard for the
> benefit of pwp.  Anne was one of the best and will be sorely missed.
>  I
> miss her.
>
> Here is her obituary taken from the Toronto Globe and Mail:
>
> RUTHERFORD, Anne Elizabeth (Hethrington) (of St. John's,
> Newfoundland,
> formerly of Toronto and Montreal)
> Died at Toronto Western Hospital on Sunday, January 11, 2004, in her
> 70th year. Beloved wife of John H. Rutherford. Anne, enabled and
> supported by John, made the most of her life as she worked through
> her
> 25-year battle with Parkinson's. Her many volunteer services to her
> community and the Parkinson Society were justly rewarded,
> culminating in
> receiving the Governor General's Caring Canadian Award in November
> 2003.
> Dearly loved mother of Margaret Rutherford (Dean Van Hooydonk) of
> Toronto and Dr. Patricia Rutherford (Michael Mercier) of Hamilton.
> Loved
> Granny of Graham Mercier. Also survived by her brother John W.
> Hethrington and his wife Carol of Thornbury, sister Ruth Kitchen and
> her
> husband Howard of Mississauga, and their families. Anne was the
> daughter
> of the late Dr. Hagar and Edith Mary Webster Hethrington. Loved and
> admired for her intelligence, courage and spirit, Anne will always
> be
> sadly missed by her family and her many friends and associates. The
> family will receive friends at the HUMPHREY FUNERAL HOME-A.W. MILES
> CHAPEL, 1403 Bayview Avenue (South of Eglinton Avenue East), from
> 5-8
> p.m. on Wednesday, January 14th. Funeral service in the chapel on
> Thursday, January 15th at one o'clock. Interment of cremated remains
> at
> Thornbury Clarksburg Union Cemetery. A memorial service will be held
> in
> St. John's, Newfoundland at a later date. If desired, donations to
> the
> Parkinson Society of Canada, 4211 Yonge Street, Suite 316, Toronto
> M2P
> 2A9, or the charity of your choice would be appreciated by the
> family.
>
>
> Barb
>
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