Leanna Lou Rutherford Spanner, 60, of Amery Wisconsin passed away April 17th in Eden Prairie Minnesota.

Leanna was born in Indiana to Anita and Robert Rutherford on September 10, 1956. She graduated from Frederic High School in 1974, and went on to earn a degree as a legal secretary from Pine Technical Institute in 1986. She enjoyed working with her fellow employees as GDSI in Amery, WI as a screen printer. She owned and operated AniLee's Quilt Creations, a quilting business since 1996. Many people sleep under the quilts she quilted every night. She was an amazingly skillful quilter, and many of her quilts were in magazines, including one that became a "cover girl" for the front the magazine. She loved movies, TV, music, singing, animals, and her daughter. She was little, strong, determined, and full of spunk.

Leanna is preceded in death by her mother, Anita Rutherford and her grandmother Helen Sommers.
She is survived by her daughter Stephanie Forsyth, son-in-law Zachary Forsyth, step-son Joseph Spanner, granddaughter Katelyn Spanner, sisters Chris Erickson and Becky Erickson and their father, Robert Rutherford.

Funeral Services will be held at 11 AM on Saturday, April 29, 2017 at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Amery, Wisconsin with Pastor Tom Hahn officiating. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the services on Saturday at the Church. A private family interment will take place at the St. Dominic's Cemetery in Frederic.


In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be sent to (please note in memorial of Leanna Spanner):

University of Minnesota Foundation
Obgyn Dr Deanna Teoh
PO Box 860266
Minneapolis, MN 55486-0266