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DATE: THURSDAY, September 9, 1993                   TAG: 9309090280
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: ATLANTA, GA.                                LENGTH: Medium

OBIT RUTHERFOORD, JOHN PENNI

RUTHERFOORD, John Penn, 79, of Atlanta, Ga., a longtime Virginia resident, died of a stroke Tuesday, September 7, 1993 a the Great Oakes Nursing Home in Roswell, Ga. Penn Rutherfoord, the son of Julian Hamilton and Willie Penn Rutherfoord, was born and raised in Roanoke. He married his childhood sweetheart, Ann Elizabeth Kincanon, the day after Christmas, 1940, in Roanoke. They had four children. She predeceased him in 1984 in Marion, having struggled with cancer for many years, a period during which Penn was her constant and devoted nurse. Mr. Rutherfoord had a keen mind and cultivated a wide range of interests. He was a professional engineer, having received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Virginia in 1937. He worked for the General Electric Company for 21 years, rising from a traveling salesman to the highest levels of management. He taught for several years at their management training center in Croton, N.Y., and served as consultant to the executive staff. He and Ann moved back to the state they called home in 1971, settling in Marion. He retired from private consulting in 1987 and moved to Atlanta, Ga., where two of his sons lived. Mr. Rutherfoord was a member of the national and an officer of the Virginia Society of Professional Engineers, an officer of the Virginia Chambers of Commerce, and an active member of the Episcopal Church. He studied Jungian psychology. He is survived by his three sons and one daughter, John Penn Jr. of Tucson, Ariz., James Kincanon of Alpharetta, Ga., Charles Thomas of Delray Beach, Fla., and Julia Hamilton Jeffrey of Kingston, Idaho; as well as by his three brothers, Julian Hamilton and Thomas Downman Rutherfoord, both of Roanoke, Rev. William deJarnette Rutherfoord of Fincastle; brother-in-law, James Nelms Kincanon of Roanoke. His first cousin, Thomas Rutherfoord Watkins, with whom he shared a strong bond, is a resident of Charlotte Court House. Services are being arranged by Oakey's Funeral Home in Roanoke. The family will hold a viewing Friday evening, September 10. Rev. William Rutherfoord will conduct the funeral service on Saturday, September 11 at noon at Oakey's downtown chapel. Mr. Rutherfoord will be laid to rest next to his wife at the Fairview Cemetery on Melrose Avenue at approximately 1 p.m. It was remarked by those who knew him in his final years that he was a Virginia gentleman to the end. Through the many trials that life had to offer him, he managed to retain his bouyant optimism, gentle manners, and consideration for others. No child could have asked for a better parent, nor man a better friend. 


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