Etha Mae Rutherford Hall, 72, of 404 N. Elm St., Silver Lake, died at 4:55 p.m. April 24, 2007, in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne.
She was born April 19, 1935, in Mt. Zion, Ky., to William Howard and Lula Mae McCane Rutherford. On April 30, 1955, she married Hanford Dean Hall.
Living in Silver Lake for the last 10 years and Kosciusko County for 50 years, she was a packager at Maple Leaf Farms in Milford for 15 years. She also worked at Dalton Foundries in Warsaw for five years. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ, Warsaw.
Surviving are two daughters, Deanna Bussard, Silver Lake, and Mrs. Lucas (April Dawn) Hall, Loveland, Colo.; a son, Jason Hall, Warsaw; 17 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; three sisters: Mrs. Larry (Betty) Fisher, Pierceton; Mrs. Edward (Anna Louise) Kline, North Manchester; and Mrs. LeRoy (MaryAnn) Wood, Warsaw; two brothers, James Rutherford, Warsaw, and John Rutherford, Chicago, Ill. She was preceded in death by three sons, two brothers and her mother.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw, with Pastor Elaine Miller officiating. Burial will be at Oakwood Cemetery at a later date.
Calling is from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Condolences may be sent to www.mchattonsalderfuneralchapels.com
