Submitted by: Dan Rich

Jean-Luc Robert Rutherford

Jan. 29, 1988 - March 2, 2002

South Bend Tribune 3/8/2002

Jean-Luc Robert Rutherford, 14, of the U.S. Embassy, Yaounde, Cameroon, Africa, died Saturday, March 2, after injuries from a school trip accident in Cameroon. Jean-Luc was born Jan. 29, 1988, in Fort Rucker, Ala., to Scott and Ann (Hendrick) Rutherford, who survive of Cameroon. He is also survived by a sister, Theresa Kateri Rutherford; a brother, Dominick Vincent Rutherford; paternal grandparents, Robert and Joyce Rutherford of Louisville, Ky.; maternal grandparents, Larry and Ann Hendrick of Springfield, Ill.; paternal aunts and uncles, Marilyn and David Nash of Richmond, Ky., Alex and Jennifer Rutherford of Louisville, Ky., and Peggy and Jason Glasgow of Lakeland, Tenn.; maternal uncle, Tom and Molly Hendrick of Bronxville, N.Y.; paternal great-grandmother, Margaret Rutherford of Hamilton, Mont., and maternal great-grandmother, Catherine Burns of Mt. Sterling, Ill.; paternal cousins, Martin, Julia, Jordan and Robert, and maternal cousins, Jared, Kevin and Shannon.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday, March 11, in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on the University of Notre Dame campus in South Bend, Ind. Burial will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery on campus. Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. on Sunday in the HICKEY Funeral Home, 17131 Cleveland Road, South Bend, IN, 574/289-1000. Memorials may be made to the Music Department of the American School of Yaounde, Yaounde, Cameroon, Africa; or to the Jean-Luc Rutherford Memorial Fund, c/o the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556.