Orlando Rutherford Ruschmeyer Obituary
We are sad to announce that on October 16, 2021, at the age of 96, Orlando Rutherford Ruschmeyer (Minneapolis, Minnesota), born in Stewart, Minnesota passed away. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Orlando Rutherford Ruschmeyer to pay them a last tribute.
He was predeceased by: his parents, Adolph Henry Ruschmeyer and Gertrude Minne Ruschmeyer (Sell); his sister Darnelle Elaine Hendrix (Samuel Hendrix); his siblings-in-law, David Lee Beck, Roger Earl Peterson and Dolores Digerness (Berdell Digerness); and his nieces, Mary Kay Peterson and Karen Lee Sorenson (Paul Sorenson).
He is survived by: his wife Gloria Helen Ruschmeyer (Tow); his children, Ann Louise Donovan (Lawrence "Larry") and James Kenneth Ruschmeyer; his sister Donna Marie Mills (James); his nephews, William John Mills (Linda) and Michael James Mills; his sister Elna Mae "Tynee" Peterson (Ruschmeyer); his niece Nancy Ann (Steve); his sister-in-law Virginia Rae Carlson (Ralph); and his nieces and nephews, David Russell Beck (Valentine), Raymond Carl Beck (Cindy), Barbara Ann Clausen (David Clausen), Samuel Hendrix Jr., John Digerness, Kathleen Hendrix, Shirley Allen (Deborah McDermott), Mary Weber (Karl) and Sarah Hasse (Steve).
In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to the University of Minnesota Environmental Health Sciences Fund at the following link: http://makingagift.umn.edu .
