RAPP, Dorothy 1921-2003

RAPP, ROBINSON, MILLER, SONNEMAN

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 9/27/2009 at 11:13:03

Funeral services for Dorothy Ann Rapp, age 83, formerly of Lime Springs, Iowa were held Monday, July 21, 2003 at the Saratoga Presbyterian Church in Saratoga, Iowa. The Reverend Tim Sir officiated. Burial was in the Saratoga Cemetery.

Dorothy was born May 14, 1920 in Waltham, Minnesota, daughter of Norman and Hazel Sigler Robinson. Her youth was spent in Saratoga and on several homesteads in rural Howard County. She spoke with great joy of her childhood and could tell story after story with great detail and recollection. Dorothy graduated from Lime Springs High School in May of 1937. She worked in several locations during the following years, including Chicago, Illinois and Berkeley, Calif.

Dorothy was united in marriage on March 8, 1949, in Rochester, Minnesota, to Raymond Lewis Rapp. Three children were born to this union.

Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents, by her husband Raymond on January 3, 2003; and by a brother Ronald.

Her survivors include two sons Tim and his wife Lynn Sonneman of Seattle, Washington; Ted and his wife Sarah of Ankeny; and a daughter Polly Miller and her husband Frank of Forest City. She was also the proud and loving stepmother of Paul Rapp of Richmond, Missouri, and Janine Bedwell and her husand Cliff. Also surviving are 12 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; a brother John "Jack" Robinson of Lime Springs and a sister Betty (Harold) Munkel of Lime Springs.

[Mitchell County Press-News online - posted 7-23-2003]