Linda K. (Schlichte) Rausch 1948-2003

RAUSCH, SCHLICHTE, OLBERDING, ENGELKEN, KLOSTERMANN

Posted By: Cheryl Moonen (email)
Date: 1/21/2015 at 18:23:38

Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) - Saturday, May 31, 2003

DYERSVILLE, Iowa - Linda C. Rausch, 55, of Dyersville, died Friday, May 30, 2003, at home, surrounded by family and friends, after a long and courageous battle with cancer.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Francis Xavier Basilica, Dyersville, with the Rev. Mark McGovern officiating. Burial will be in St. Francis Cemetery. Friends may call from 1 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Kramer Funeral Home, Dyersville, where there will be an American Legion Auxiliary rosary at 4 p.m. and a parish scripture service at 5:30 p.m.

Mrs. Rausch was employed for more than 22 years at Dyersville National Bank/American Trust & Savings Bank. She and her husband, Loras, owned and operated Gravy's Place for seven years.

She was born on Feb. 17, 1948, in Dyersville, daughter of Joseph and Germaine (Olberding) Schlichte. She married Loras Rausch on Nov. 25, 1967, in Dyersville.

She graduated from Xavier High School in 1966.

She was treasurer of Mount Hope Cemetery Association, a Dyersville Progress board member, former president and member of Financial Women's International (FWI) of Northeast Iowa, an AmeriClub member and Camp Courageous volunteer.

She enjoyed bowling, loved her grandchildren and enjoyed attending baseball and softball games.

Surviving are her husband, Loras; two sons, Bob (Michelle), of Dyersville, and Darin (Amy), of Earlville; a daughter, Tina (Shawn) Engelken, of New Vienna; four grandchildren, Spencer and Ashley Engelken, and Grant and Megan Rausch; her parents, Joseph and Germaine Schlichte, of Dyersville; a sister, Lois (Roger) Klostermann, of Dyersville; and a brother, Marv (Mary) Schlichte, of Cedar Rapids.