Passed away on Monday, August 18, 2025, at Wairau Hospital. Aged 87 years. Loved wife of the late Allan, mother of Craig and Cheree, and grandmother of Nicole, Dylan, Alice, Joshua, and James. Special thanks to Access, Wairau Hospital and St John Ambulance for their care and compassion of our late mother. Messages may be sent to the Rutherford family at 65 Selwyn Street, Leeston, Canterbury 7632. In lieu of flowers a donation to support Schizophrenia would be appreciated and may be made to Yellow Brick Road, Ref. Rutherford. A Funeral Mass for Wilma was celebrated at St Mary's Catholic Church, Blenheim, on Thursday, August 21.

Published by The Weekend Express on Aug. 22, 2025.