Fred Rutherford

Freddie Gene Rutherford, 78, was a lifelong resident of Shawnee, OK. He was born to Isabelle Mills and AI Rutherford on May 4, 1943 and passed from this earth on April 25, 2022. Fred was a 1961 graduate of Shawnee High School and was honored to be inducted into the Shawnee Football Hall of Fame this last year. Fred was a devoted family man and football lover. In his younger years, he enjoyed track, basketball, softball, and bowling, while in his later years he took to golf as his sport of choice and enjoyed laking, waterskiing, and traveling to many different countries with his wife, Karen. Fred spent a few years working at Fred Jones Ford, as well as Tinker Field, until he bought his first business. In 1969, he opened and operated Fred’s 66 for 8 years until he moved across the street. In 1974, Fred opened the doors to Fred’s Tire and Battery, where you could find him 6 days a week for the next 48 years until just one month before his passing. He was preceded in death by parents, AI and Janie Rutherford and Isabelle Mills; half-sister, Linda Mills; high school sweetheart and mother of children, Anna Hudson; and wife of 45 years, Karen Rutherford. He is survived by his brother, Charles Rutherford and wife Connie; brother-in-law, Donnie Weddle; brother and sister-in-law, Harold and Nedra Weddle; two half-brothers, Lonnie and Jesse Mills; son, Darren Rutherford; daughter and her husband, Gena and David Hutcheson; stepson and his wife, Greg and Beverly Ball; step son and partner, Randy Ball and Susie Fitzgerald; granddaughter, Dacey Hutcheson; grandson and his wife, Jason and Meredith Tyler; and two great-grandchildren, Brooklynn and Holten Tyler. Please join us to celebrate his life at Liberty Baptist Church on Friday, April 29th at 2pm. Visitation will take place at Walker Funeral & Cremation Service on Thursday, April 28th, from 8am-7pm, with the family being present from 5pm-7pm. Arrangements are under the direction of Walker Funeral & Cremation Service.