Rausch, Donna Rae (Whitacre) -- 1943 - 1998

RAUSCH, WHITACRE, SULLIVAN, WOOLDRIDGE

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Decorah Journal, Thursday, Dec. 29, 1998

Donna Rae Rausch, 55, of Omaha, Neb., died Friday, Dec. 18, 1998, at the Methodist Hospital in Omaha.

Funeral services were held Monday, Dec. 21, at 11 a.m., at St. Roberts Church, with the Rev. James Gilg officiating.

Pallbearers were Byron Thompson, Ron Gordon, Bob Denton, Dick Lundquist, Dick Gady and Gale Harold. Private interment was held following cremation.

Donna (Whitacre) Rausch was born Dec. 10, 1943, in Bloomfield, the daughter of Ray Whitacre and Doris Lee Sullivan.

She was self-employed as a consultant. Donna was a member of St. Roberts Church.

Survivors include her husband, Alan J. Rausch; one daughter, Jill of Mesa, Ariz.; her father, Ray Whitacre of Bloomfield; a sister, Betty Lou Wooldridge and a brother, James Whitacre, both of Newton; and nieces and nephews.

The Heafey-Heafey-Hoffmann-Dworak & Cutler Funeral Home of Omaha, Neb., handled arrangements. Memorials may be made to the Omaha Symphony.

Transcribed by an IA GenWeb Volunteer from obituaries found in the Howard-Winneshiek Genealogy Society Library, Cresco, Iowa.