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15210711The Rutherford
family left their mark on
Lowell in many ways.
From businesses such as
The Bargain Store and
the Edwin Fallas Canning
Factory, becoming the
L.W. Rutherford & Sons
Inc, to local churches,
community clubs,
The ABC’s of Lowell History was introduced last year as a way to
share some of the many fascinating stories from Lowell’s past. It was
initiated in part by the pandemic shutdown which led the Museum to
seek alternative ways to share local history with the community. The
series will continue with a third round of the alphabet.R is for Rutherford
the Village Council,
the Lowell Public
Library and the State
Highway Maintenance
Commission, the
Rutherford family was
well known and loved in
Lowell.
John and Mary Rutherford
moved to 526 N. HudsonStreet in Lowell
in 1907. Their
three children
were adults
and eventually
landed here
too. John and
Mary opened
a bazaar store
‘The Bargain
Store’ in the 200
block, south side
of West Main.
The Bargain
Store stocked
all kinds of
china, crockery,
glassware, steel
wagons, dolls,
toys, novelties
and kind of
a specialty -
souvenirs for
‘Home Comers.’
Between 1907
and 1913,Lowell celebrated
huge Homecomings, and
the store specialized in
items to be purchased by
these shoppers.
John and Mary
Rutherford were well
known and highly
respected citizens of
Lowell for over 25
years, until their deaths.
According to John’s
obituary, he had lost the
lower part of one of his
legs when hit by a street
car when he lived in
Grand Rapids.
The oldest Rutherford
child was Inez, born in
1880 and lived to be 88.
When her family moved
to Lowell she began
teaching in the third and
fourth grades at the EastWard School. She returned
to college at Ypsilanti
Sate Normal (now Eastern
Michigan University) and
later taught economics at
the college. She returned
to Lowell and worked for
the Lowell Public Library,
serving as assistant to
Miss Audie Post for five
years until 1942, when
she became the Librarian.
She saw the library go
under the umbrella of
the Kent District Library
system and continued on
until 1958.
Idabelle was born
in 1881 and lived to be- She taught school
and worked at Leonard
Manufacturing Company
in Grand Rapids before
staying close to home by
working for her brother as
bookkeeper and secretary
at L.W. Rutherford & Sons
Inc. She was very active
in her church, the First
Congregational Church of
Lowell and secretary of
the ‘Cheerful Doers.’
The youngest was
Lawrence W. Rutherford.
He married Isabel Fallas,
daughter of Edwin and
Anna Fallas. The couple
was married at her parents’
home at 706 Riverside,
and then they resided at
230 S. Hudson Street.
She had attended Olivet
College and Ypsilanti
Normal then studied her
music in Berlin, Germany.
Isabel’s father ran the
Edwin Fallas Canning
Factory. Lawrence worked
for him, becoming general
manger and eventually
owning the company and
changing the name to L.Rutherford & Sons
ABC of Lowell
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