RAKE, Maynard Arlo 1915-2003

RAKE, MATSON, SCHUCHART

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/7/2009 at 20:20:59

OSAGE, IOWA - Maynard Arlo Rake, age 88, of Osage, died on Saturday, February 15, 2003, at Faith Lutheran Home in Osage, Mitchell county, Iowa.

Maynard was born on January 20, 1915, in Rake, Iowa, the son of Elias and Carrie (Matson) Rake. He was baptized and confirmed at Liberty Lutheran Church in Rake. He was educated in Rake Community Schools.

His father passed away when Maynard was five years old. The family moved from the farm to the town of Rake, in the spring of 1921. On December 23, 1937, Maynard married Virgie (Schuchart) Rake in Osage. They lived in the Buffalo Center-Rake and Zearing areas, where Maynard managed a lumberyard until March of 1948, when they moved to the Morton Schuchart family farm near Osage. They continued to live on the farm until 1977, when they built a new home and moved to Osage. They wintered in Mesa, Ariz., for 30 years. Maynard was a member of Our Savior's Lutheran Church, was a 50 year member of the Masonic Lodge, a charter member of the Sons of Norway in Osage, served on the Little Cedar School Board, Mitchell County Extension Board and the Farm Bureau Board of Directors.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Osage with the Rev. Dennis Hanson and the Rev. Roy Ott officiating. Interment will be in the Osage Cemetery. Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage, and one hour before services Wednesday at the church.

Preceding him in death were his parents, his wife Virgie, on February 14, 1992; a brother, Leonard, and a sister, Edna.

Those left to cherish his memory include two sons, Elwood Rake and wife, Shirley, of Osage and Marvin Rake and wife, Patricia, of Osage; a daughter, Marjorie Fox and husband, Michael, of Riceville; seven grandchildren, Doug Rake of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Dennis Rake of Woodward, Beth Steffensen and husband, Tony, of Des Moines, Denise McCourt and husband, Tom, of Fayetteville, N.C., Michael Dammen and wife, Lisa, of Urbandale, Tony Dammen and his fiancee, Cherie Good, of Ralston, Wyo. and Jim Rake and his wife, Jennifer, of Vinton; 10 great-grandchildren, Hannah and Isabelle Dammen, Gordon and Marissa McCourt, Mercedes, Elijah, Grace and Samuel Steffenson, and Joshua and Jace Rake.

Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home (641) 732-3706.

[Mason City Globe Gazette]