DOROTHEA RUTHERFORD
MOTHER OF 2 DROWNS SELF
Death of Mrs. George Rutherford Is Termed Suicide.
Mrs. George Rutherford, 29, of 719 North Fifth street, mother of two children,
took her own life last night by jumping into the inner harbor from the northside
pier. Coroner Gerald Rau, who pronounced her death a suicide, said that she had
been ill and mentally upset for some time.
Mrs. Rutherford's body was found by the Two Rivers coast guard at 12:10 last
night, about four hours after John Hahn, first assistant lighthouse keeper, found
her fur coat and scarf on the pier. She was last seen at about 7 p.m.
Hahn, on his way to the lighthouse to go on duty, found Mrs. Rutherford's coat and
scarf directly north of the last pile on the southside of the pier, about a quarter
of the way out on the pier. He called police. Sergt. Walter Herman and Officer
Milton Larson brought the coat to the police station and summoned the coast guard
after Mr. Rutherford went to the station and identified his wife's coat shortly
before 11 o'clock. The coast guard arrived at 11:40 and commenced dragging for the
body immediately. Coastguardsmen J. J. Chehanski and Ronald C. Oldenburg located
the body and recovered it.
Coroner Rau arrived at 12:50.
Mrs. Rutherford, nee Dorothy Brietzman, was born in Menasha on October 20, 1907.
She came to Manitowoc with her parents as a child. In June, 1926, she was married
to George Rutherfod. She was a member of the Sacred Heart church.
Survivors, besides the widower, include two sons, (private); her mother, Mrs.
Martin Frakes, Menasha; a brother, Norman Brietzman, Menasha; and a sister, Mrs.
Bernice Ronsvold, Racine.
Funeral services are to be arranged and announced later.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Tuesday, December 22, 1936 P. 2
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[bur. 12-24-1936/age 29 yrs/suicide by drowning/while insane/
bur. on Perry & Minnie Rutherford lot]
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REPORT OF THE COUNTY JUDGE ON PATIENTS COMMITTED TO WISCONSIN GENERAL HOSPITAL FOR
TREATMENT
TO THE HONORABLE CHAIRMAN AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF MANITOWOC COUNTY, WISCONSIN
Gentlemen:
In accordance with the duties which are provided for in the Statutes, I beg leave to
submit my report of all proceedings and hearings relative to patients committed to
the Wisconsin General Hospital for treatment since the filing of my last report up to
and including January 1, 1937.
Edward S. Schmitz, County Judge
Dorothy Rutherford, a resident of City of Manitowoc. Committed to Wisconsin General
Hospital on the 1st day of September, 1936. Examining physician, Dr. Leon D. Sobush
Manitowoc Herald Times, March 31, 1937 p.17, 18
********
(Note: As near as can be determined, this hospital was where they sent people with
very serious illnesses. The hospital was in Madison)
MOTHER OF 2 DROWNS SELF
Death of Mrs. George Rutherford Is Termed Suicide.
Mrs. George Rutherford, 29, of 719 North Fifth street, mother of two children,
took her own life last night by jumping into the inner harbor from the northside
pier. Coroner Gerald Rau, who pronounced her death a suicide, said that she had
been ill and mentally upset for some time.
Mrs. Rutherford's body was found by the Two Rivers coast guard at 12:10 last
night, about four hours after John Hahn, first assistant lighthouse keeper, found
her fur coat and scarf on the pier. She was last seen at about 7 p.m.
Hahn, on his way to the lighthouse to go on duty, found Mrs. Rutherford's coat and
scarf directly north of the last pile on the southside of the pier, about a quarter
of the way out on the pier. He called police. Sergt. Walter Herman and Officer
Milton Larson brought the coat to the police station and summoned the coast guard
after Mr. Rutherford went to the station and identified his wife's coat shortly
before 11 o'clock. The coast guard arrived at 11:40 and commenced dragging for the
body immediately. Coastguardsmen J. J. Chehanski and Ronald C. Oldenburg located
the body and recovered it.
Coroner Rau arrived at 12:50.
Mrs. Rutherford, nee Dorothy Brietzman, was born in Menasha on October 20, 1907.
She came to Manitowoc with her parents as a child. In June, 1926, she was married
to George Rutherfod. She was a member of the Sacred Heart church.
Survivors, besides the widower, include two sons, (private); her mother, Mrs.
Martin Frakes, Menasha; a brother, Norman Brietzman, Menasha; and a sister, Mrs.
Bernice Ronsvold, Racine.
Funeral services are to be arranged and announced later.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Tuesday, December 22, 1936 P. 2
********
[bur. 12-24-1936/age 29 yrs/suicide by drowning/while insane/
bur. on Perry & Minnie Rutherford lot]
********
REPORT OF THE COUNTY JUDGE ON PATIENTS COMMITTED TO WISCONSIN GENERAL HOSPITAL FOR
TREATMENT
TO THE HONORABLE CHAIRMAN AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF MANITOWOC COUNTY, WISCONSIN
Gentlemen:
In accordance with the duties which are provided for in the Statutes, I beg leave to
submit my report of all proceedings and hearings relative to patients committed to
the Wisconsin General Hospital for treatment since the filing of my last report up to
and including January 1, 1937.
Edward S. Schmitz, County Judge
Dorothy Rutherford, a resident of City of Manitowoc. Committed to Wisconsin General
Hospital on the 1st day of September, 1936. Examining physician, Dr. Leon D. Sobush
Manitowoc Herald Times, March 31, 1937 p.17, 18
********
(Note: As near as can be determined, this hospital was where they sent people with
very serious illnesses. The hospital was in Madison)
DOROTHEA RUTHERFORD
MOTHER OF 2 DROWNS SELF
Death of Mrs. George Rutherford Is Termed Suicide.
Mrs. George Rutherford, 29, of 719 North Fifth street, mother of two children,
took her own life last night by jumping into the inner harbor from the northside
pier. Coroner Gerald Rau, who pronounced her death a suicide, said that she had
been ill and mentally upset for some time.
Mrs. Rutherford's body was found by the Two Rivers coast guard at 12:10 last
night, about four hours after John Hahn, first assistant lighthouse keeper, found
her fur coat and scarf on the pier. She was last seen at about 7 p.m.
Hahn, on his way to the lighthouse to go on duty, found Mrs. Rutherford's coat and
scarf directly north of the last pile on the southside of the pier, about a quarter
of the way out on the pier. He called police. Sergt. Walter Herman and Officer
Milton Larson brought the coat to the police station and summoned the coast guard
after Mr. Rutherford went to the station and identified his wife's coat shortly
before 11 o'clock. The coast guard arrived at 11:40 and commenced dragging for the
body immediately. Coastguardsmen J. J. Chehanski and Ronald C. Oldenburg located
the body and recovered it.
Coroner Rau arrived at 12:50.
Mrs. Rutherford, nee Dorothy Brietzman, was born in Menasha on October 20, 1907.
She came to Manitowoc with her parents as a child. In June, 1926, she was married
to George Rutherfod. She was a member of the Sacred Heart church.
Survivors, besides the widower, include two sons, (private); her mother, Mrs.
Martin Frakes, Menasha; a brother, Norman Brietzman, Menasha; and a sister, Mrs.
Bernice Ronsvold, Racine.
Funeral services are to be arranged and announced later.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Tuesday, December 22, 1936 P. 2
********
[bur. 12-24-1936/age 29 yrs/suicide by drowning/while insane/
bur. on Perry & Minnie Rutherford lot]
********
REPORT OF THE COUNTY JUDGE ON PATIENTS COMMITTED TO WISCONSIN GENERAL HOSPITAL FOR
TREATMENT
TO THE HONORABLE CHAIRMAN AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF MANITOWOC COUNTY, WISCONSIN
Gentlemen:
In accordance with the duties which are provided for in the Statutes, I beg leave to
submit my report of all proceedings and hearings relative to patients committed to
the Wisconsin General Hospital for treatment since the filing of my last report up to
and including January 1, 1937.
Edward S. Schmitz, County Judge
Dorothy Rutherford, a resident of City of Manitowoc. Committed to Wisconsin General
Hospital on the 1st day of September, 1936. Examining physician, Dr. Leon D. Sobush
Manitowoc Herald Times, March 31, 1937 p.17, 18
********
(Note: As near as can be determined, this hospital was where they sent people with
very serious illnesses. The hospital was in Madison)
MOTHER OF 2 DROWNS SELF
Death of Mrs. George Rutherford Is Termed Suicide.
Mrs. George Rutherford, 29, of 719 North Fifth street, mother of two children,
took her own life last night by jumping into the inner harbor from the northside
pier. Coroner Gerald Rau, who pronounced her death a suicide, said that she had
been ill and mentally upset for some time.
Mrs. Rutherford's body was found by the Two Rivers coast guard at 12:10 last
night, about four hours after John Hahn, first assistant lighthouse keeper, found
her fur coat and scarf on the pier. She was last seen at about 7 p.m.
Hahn, on his way to the lighthouse to go on duty, found Mrs. Rutherford's coat and
scarf directly north of the last pile on the southside of the pier, about a quarter
of the way out on the pier. He called police. Sergt. Walter Herman and Officer
Milton Larson brought the coat to the police station and summoned the coast guard
after Mr. Rutherford went to the station and identified his wife's coat shortly
before 11 o'clock. The coast guard arrived at 11:40 and commenced dragging for the
body immediately. Coastguardsmen J. J. Chehanski and Ronald C. Oldenburg located
the body and recovered it.
Coroner Rau arrived at 12:50.
Mrs. Rutherford, nee Dorothy Brietzman, was born in Menasha on October 20, 1907.
She came to Manitowoc with her parents as a child. In June, 1926, she was married
to George Rutherfod. She was a member of the Sacred Heart church.
Survivors, besides the widower, include two sons, (private); her mother, Mrs.
Martin Frakes, Menasha; a brother, Norman Brietzman, Menasha; and a sister, Mrs.
Bernice Ronsvold, Racine.
Funeral services are to be arranged and announced later.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Tuesday, December 22, 1936 P. 2
********
[bur. 12-24-1936/age 29 yrs/suicide by drowning/while insane/
bur. on Perry & Minnie Rutherford lot]
********
REPORT OF THE COUNTY JUDGE ON PATIENTS COMMITTED TO WISCONSIN GENERAL HOSPITAL FOR
TREATMENT
TO THE HONORABLE CHAIRMAN AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF MANITOWOC COUNTY, WISCONSIN
Gentlemen:
In accordance with the duties which are provided for in the Statutes, I beg leave to
submit my report of all proceedings and hearings relative to patients committed to
the Wisconsin General Hospital for treatment since the filing of my last report up to
and including January 1, 1937.
Edward S. Schmitz, County Judge
Dorothy Rutherford, a resident of City of Manitowoc. Committed to Wisconsin General
Hospital on the 1st day of September, 1936. Examining physician, Dr. Leon D. Sobush
Manitowoc Herald Times, March 31, 1937 p.17, 18
********
(Note: As near as can be determined, this hospital was where they sent people with
very serious illnesses. The hospital was in Madison)
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