OBITUARY: Rose (Firsching) Rauen, 1918-2005, Mitchell County, Iowa




                                Rose Rauen

A Mass of Christian Burial for Rose Rauen, age 86, of Stacyville, Iowa, was
held on Monday, March 21, 2005, at Visitation Catholic Church in Stacyville
with Rev. Mark Reasoner officiating.  Burial was in the Visitation Cemetery
in Stacyville.

Rose died Thursday, March 17, 2005, at the Stacyville Community Nursing Home.

She was born June 2, 1918, in St. Ansgar, the daughter of George Sr. and
Therese (Biederer) Firsching.  She attended the Visitation Catholic School
in Stacyville.

Rose married Arthur Rauen on December 30, 1941 at Visitation Catholic
Church in Stacyville.

She was employed at the Stacyville Nursing Home for 17 years, retiring in
1984.  During her nine year stay at the Stacyville Nursing Home she
developed many friends among the staff and residents.  Rose was a member of
the Christian Mothers and a member of the Visitation Catholic Circle. 

Rose was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Arthur in 1997; two
daughters, Diana Rauen and Bernice King; one sister Margaret Schmitt; two
brothers, Lawerence Firsching and George Firsching Jr.; and one son-in-law
Leonard Allen.
      
Left to cherish her memory are: three daughters, Dorothy (Nathan) Mullenbach
of Adams, Minnesota; Marilyn (Larry) Motzer of Eau Claire, Wisconsin; and
Ruth Jones of Chicago, Illinois; one son, Gene (Marcia) Rauen of Austin,
Minnesota; 11 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and one great-great-
granddaughter.  Also surviving are: four sisters, Alma Retterath of
Stacyville, Laura Firsching of San Pedro, Calif., Gertrude (Fred) Retterath
of Austin, Minnesota, Theresa Ungaro of San Pedro, Calif.; one brother, Joe
(Helen) Firsching of Mason City; and a sister-in-law Cordella Firsching of
Stacyville.

Arrangements were made by Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage,
Phone: (641) 732-3706.
       


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