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Gordon R. Rutz

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Title

Gordon R. Rutz

Subject

Rutz, Gordon Rhinehart (1941-2007)

Description

Photo of two separate portrait photographs of Gordon R. Rutz as a smiling young man in a suit and tie.

Gordon was born in Washington D.C. to Lewis Henry and Virginia (Rhinehart) Rutz.

He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War (1964-1966).

He lived in Falls Church, Virginia in 1968, when he married Carolyn Ann Lowe. The couple had three children together. They divorced in 1982.

He retired as a master trooper with the Virginia State Police and then worked as an annex manager for Pifer Office Supply.

His second wife was Dorothea Marie (Tenney) Rutz.

The image on the left has a mark at the top where the photographer noted which of the two images he planned to print.

Creator

Morrison Studio

Source

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

Undated

Contributor

No ID form. Name was written in the margin of the paper copy.

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Relation

Gordon R. Rutz appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 030551, 030579, 030779, 031134, and 031496.

Identifier

031496

Original Format

Film Negative

Citationzork

Morrison Studio, “Gordon R. Rutz,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 23, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/78782.

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