Photograph of Abner Eli and Lella Decker Pinney, 1968

Basic details

Photograph of Abner Eli and Lella Decker Pinney, 1968 is an image, with genre photograph and group portraits.

Its dimensions are 3.5 in. x 2.875 in..

It was created December 21, 1968.

Worthington Historical Society is the contributor.

You can find the original at Worthington Historical Society.

Background

This photograph of Abner Eli (b. 1903, d. 1974) and Lella Decker Pinney (b. 1903, d. 1987) was taken by Bill Rutherford in their dining room at a Rutherford-Corbin Funeral Home staff Christmas party. The couple were married in 1933 and lived at 39 West Granville Road.

A Columbus Dispatch article dated March 1st, 1961 stated, "Abner E. Pinney, lifelong resident of Worthington and a licensed funeral director and embalmer, will serve as manager of the new Rutherford-Corbin funeral home in Worthington, William P. Rutherford, the firm's president disclosed Friday. Mr. Pinney has been associated with the S.E. Corbin and Son funeral home for 32 years."

Subjects

It features the people Lella V. Pinney and Abner E. Pinney.

It features the organization Rutherford-Corbin Funeral Home.

It covers the topics holidays and Christmas.

It covers the city Worthington.

Record details

This file was reformatted digital in the format video/jpeg.

The Worthington Memory identification code is whs1265.

The Worthington Historical Society identification code is 2019.040.017.

This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on September 28, 2021. It was last updated October 8, 2025.

Copyright

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Photograph of Abner Eli and Lella Decker Pinney, 1968 from the collections of the Worthington Historical Society (WHS) may be used for educational purposes as long as it is not altered in any way and proper credit is given: "Courtesy of the Worthington Historical Society, Worthington, OH." Prior written permission of the WHS is required for any other use of Photograph of Abner Eli and Lella Decker Pinney, 1968. Contact WHS at info@worthingtonhistory.org to request permission.