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Thursday, October 30, 2025

In Loving Memory of Leona Jean Rutherford, 89, of Lake Wales

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Leona Jean Rutherford of Lake Wales passed away Thursday, August 1, 2024 at Somers Hospice House in Sebring.

She was born April 12, 1935 in Union, Ohio to the late Leon and Alice Wingfield; she moved to Lake Wales from Tennessee 20 years ago. 

Leona was preceded in death by her husband, Douglas Rutherford; children, Debra Rutherford Gann, Gerald Rutherford, Sr., and Mark Rutherford; and grandson, John Rutherford. She is survived by her sister, Martha Wingfield Smith of Ohio; brother, Leon Wingfield, Jr. of Florida; grandchildren, David Rutherford, Jerry Rutherford, Ashley Spurgeon, and Nikki Rutherford Groce; several great-grandchildren; and sister-in-law, Vicki Wingfield.

No services are scheduled at this time. 

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Maria Iannucci

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