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Monday, March 31, 2014

The Wedding of Forest Rutherford and Lillian Thatcher

From the Denver Rocky Mountain News, Denver Co., Sunday June 5, 1916, p. 16.

Miss Thatcher Becomes Bride 
Pueblo Wedding Ceremony is Performed in Presence of Only a Few Friends

"Pueblo, Colo., June 5--Miss Lillian Thatcher and Mr. Forest Rutherford were married here this afternoon. 

Miss Thatcher is the only daughter of Margaret A. Thatcher and the late John A. Thatcher.  Mr. Rutherford is the son of Elizabeth Jackson Rutherford and the late William Rutherford of Montreal, Canada.  Only the immediate family and a few special friends were present to witness the ceremony performed by the Rev. Clarence W. Weyer, D.D., pastor of the first Presbyterian church, of which Miss Thatcher is a member. 

The marriage ceremony was performed at 5 o'clock amidst a bower of ferns and roses.  Never did "Rosemount", with its beautiful lawn and flowers, look lovelier than on this June afternoon. 

The parental mansion was a bower of roses.  The bridal party descended the grand stairway to the strains of Lohengrin's wedding march, played by Wardner Williams. 

The procession was led by Dr. Weyer.  Following him came the bridegroom, accompanied by his brother, Gordon S. Rutherford, as best man...

Then came the bride on the arm of her brother, John Henry Thatcher, the bridal party entering the drawing room, where the ring service was performed amid a bower of flowers.  After the ceremony the guests repaired to the spacious dining room, decorated with roses, where a wedding supper was served.  The centerpiece was of gorgeous roses in a basket made of ribbon the same shade as the flowers.  

Candlesticks with pink shades also adorned the table, as did hand-painted place cards with Cupids standing in wedding rings, holding bunches of pink roses.  The wedding thought was manifest thruout (sic) the entire dinner, even to the ice cream designs, which were pink hearts. 

Those present at the marriage and bridal supper were:  Mr. and Mrs. Forest Rutherford....Gordon S. Rutherford of Hutchinson, Kan.:  Steward (sic) Rutherford of Montreal...

The bride and bridegroom departed after the wedding supper for New York and other Eastern points. Later they will go to Montreal to visit the family of Mr. Rutherford.

The bride wore an elaborate gown of point applique Brussels lace over satin, with court train, and carried an arm bouquet of bride's roses.  Her only ornament was a diamond necklace set in platinum--a gift of the bridegroom. 

The bridesmaids were dressed alike in pink chiffon gowns, with accordion pleated skirts, and carried bouquets of Killarney roses.  The bride's gift to her bridesmaids were solitaire diamond rings.  

Aside from the time Miss Thatcher was attending Miss Sutton's school in Philadelphia, or traveling in Europe, her time has been spent in Pueblo.  Here she has been associated with many of the important activities of the city, among them being regent and treasurer of the Arkansas valley chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. 

Mr. Rutherford at one time lived in Pueblo, and it was here that he met Miss Thatcher.

Mr. Rutherford is superintendent of the Copper Queen Consolidated mining plant at Douglas, Ariz., where the couple will make their home."

You get the feeling the bride likes roses.  I wish I had a picture....It's interesting that Forest's mother, Elizabeth Jackson Rutherford, didn't attend.  Perhaps she was too old for such a long trip.  Only two of Forest's siblings were there;  missing are Andrew, William Jr., Annie, Helen and Maggie.     

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