Richard Ray Rauch 1915 - 1931

RAUCH, CHRISTENSEN

Posted By: Lynnea Dickinson (email)
Date: 6/25/2017 at 23:21:29

The Daily Times; Davenport, Iowa; Saturday, May 30, 1931; p. 2, col. 1:

Richard R. Rauch of Buffalo Dies; Services Monday

Richard Ray Rauch, 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl H. Rauch of Buffalo, died at 11:35 p.m. Friday at Mercy hospital after a short illness of pneumonia.

The youth was born June 12, 1915, in Buffalo township, and moved to Buffalo with his parents in 1916. He attended the Buffalo schools and was a senior at the high school. He was of Lutheran faith and attended the Buffalo Christian Union Church.

Surviving besides his parents are the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Hans Christensen of Kilbourn, Wis.; the paternal grandmother, Mrs. Mary Rauch of Buffalo; two sisters, Eloise and Mary, both at home, and three brothers, Louis, Chester and Carl Rauch jr., also at home.

The body was taken to Hill & Fredericks mortuary and will be removed to the home of his grandmother, Mrs. Mary Rauch in Buffalo, Sunday morning. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Buffalo Christian Union church. Burial will be in Rose Hill cemetery, Buffalo.