Janet Auchincloss Rutherfurd Death
Janet passed away on March 13, 1985 at the age of 39 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Janet's cause of death was cancer.
When did Janet Auchincloss Rutherfurd die?
March 13, 1985How did Janet Auchincloss Rutherfurd die? What was the cause of death?
CancerHow old was Janet Auchincloss Rutherfurd when died?
39Where did Janet Auchincloss Rutherfurd die? What was the location of death?
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Janet Auchincloss Rutherfurd Birthday and Date of Death
Janet Auchincloss Rutherfurd was born on June 13, 1945 and died on March 13, 1985. Janet was 39 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: June 13, 1945
Date of Death: March 13, 1985
Age at Death: 39
Is Janet Auchincloss Rutherfurd's father, Hugh Dudley Auchincloss, dead or alive?
Hugh Dudley Auchincloss's information is not available now.
Is Janet Auchincloss Rutherfurd's mother, Janet Norton Lee Bouvier Auchincloss Morris, dead or alive?
Janet Norton Lee Bouvier Auchincloss Morris's information is not available now.
Janet Auchincloss Rutherfurd's sisters :
Janet has 3 sisters:- Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
- Caroline Lee Bouvier Canfield Radziwill Ross
- Nina Gore Auchincloss
Janet Auchincloss Rutherfurd's brothers :
Janet has 4 brothers:- Hugh Dudley Auchincloss
- III
- James Lee Auchincloss
- Thomas Gore Auchincloss
Janet Auchincloss Rutherfurd - Biography
Janet Jennings Auchincloss was an American socialite. She was also the half-sister of First Lady Jacqueline Lee "Jackie" Bouvier and actress Caroline Lee Bouvier (born 1933).
On July 30, 1966, she married Lewis Polk Rutherfurd, a recent graduate of Princeton University and future financier. Lewis was the son of Winthrop Rutherfurd, Jr. of New York and Fishers Island, the grandson of Frank L. Polk, Under Secretary of State in Woodrow Wilson's cabinet, and the great-grandson of Levi P. Morton, the former Governor of New York and Vice-President of the United States under Benjamin Harrison.
In 1966, the Rutherfurds moved to Hong Kong where Auchincloss Rutherford taught French at Chinese University of Hong Kong for two years. She also served as an adviser and stockholder for the venture capital firm her husband co-founded and managed, Inter-Asia Venture Management. She later founded an overseas chapter of the League of Women Voters.
In August 1984, Auchincloss Rutherfurd was diagnosed with lung cancer. Despite undergoing aggressive treatments, the cancer spread to her brain and pancreas. On March 13, 1985, she died at Dana–Farber Cancer Institute in Boston at the age of 39. Her private funeral was held on March 19 at the Trinity Church in Newport, Rhode Island, after which she was buried at Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery.
