BIOGRAPHIES/OBITUARIES/CLIPPINGS

A collection of the published material of residents buried in Rauch. 

AMELIA (GREBE) RAUCH

Rauch Funeral Held Monday

The Rev. Douglas P. Oyan, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiated at services Monday at 2 p.m. in the Hansen Funeral Chapel for Mrs. Amelia Rauch, 93, who died Friday. Burial was made in Hillside Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Clyde Blum, Harold Blum, Richard Sadowska, Lester Blum, Gordon Blum and Donald Blum.

In charge of flowers were Nancy Blum, Diane Nulicek, Mrs. Ronald Johnson, and Mrs. Richard Sadowska.

Mrs. Douglas P. Oyan sang "Asleep In Jesus" and "Heaven Is My Home," accompanied by Mrs. Carol Snelling on the organ.

Persons from out of town who attended the services were Mr. and Mrs. William Rauch, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Blum and family, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Rausch, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Zickuhr, Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Rauch, all of Milwaukee; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rauch, Elmore; Mrs. John Gudex, Byron; Mr. and Mrs. Lester Blum, LaFae Blum, Algoma; Mrs. Joseph Flitter, Mrs. Donald Howard, Alfred Prochnow, Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Rauch, Mrs. Henry Rauch, all of Campbellsport;

Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Paul, Manitowoc; Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Gudex, Brownsville; Mr. and Mrs. Norman Severt, Fifield; Mrs. Roger Metcalf, Green Bay; Mr. and Mrs. John Blum, Spencer; Mrs. Sidney Haugh and daughter, Stratford; Mr. and Mrs. Peter Zimmerman, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Altmann, all of Auburndale; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Binius, Madison; Mrs. Jess Gibeaut, La Valle.

WILLIAM F. RAUCH 

Ashford Man Expires

William Rauch, Sr., lifelong resident of the Town of Ashford, died at his home at 5 p.m. Wednesday following an illness of several weeks. Mr. Rauch was born in the Town of Ashford on Oct. 30, 1858. He was married on Aug. 19, 1884, to Miss Amelia Grebe who, with nine children and 31 grandchildren, survives.

The children are Henry and Edward Rauch of the Town of Ashford, Mrs. John Blum, Mrs. Paul Blum, Mrs. Peter Blum, Mrs. Jacob Blum and Mrs. Gustav Sadowska of Marshfield, William Jr., of Milwaukee, and Mrs. John Gudex of Campbellsport. Two other children died in infancy.

Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon.

ANNA MARIA (DAMM) RAUCH 

Lived in County 66 Years

Mrs. Anna Maria Rauch, nee Damm, aged 85 years and ten months, who died Wednesday at her home in the town of Ashford, was born in Darmstat, Germany, January 4, 1831 and came to this country in 1848, with her parents.

They came directly to Wisconsin and settled in the town of Ashford, and she lived on the homestead until her marriage to Henry Rauch several years ago. She is survived by eight children, three of whom have preceded her in death. Those living are Mrs. Dora Stanley Clark of South Dakota, William of the town of Ashford, Henry, Gust, and Fred at home. She also leaves two step-sisters, Mrs. Mary Jung, Sr. and Mrs. Elizabeth Rauch of California, and John Damm of Elmore. The funeral will take place Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock and the Rev. Mr. Schatlos of Wayne will officiate and interment will take place

ANNA MARIA (DAMM) RAUCH 

Rauch -- Mrs. A. Rauch died Wednesday morning at her home in South Elmore, at the age of 86 years. She leaves four sons and one daughter.

ELVIR ERNST EMIL RAUCH

Death Claims Civil War Vet

Lived Here Many Years

Campbellsport, March 22 -- Elvir Ernst Rauch, age 83, well-known resident of the county and Civil War veteran, died at 4 p.m. Sunday at his home here. He was the last of 14 children.

Born Dec. 12, 1889 in Arnstadt, Germany, Mr. Rauch came to America with his parents when five years of age, settling in the Town of Franklin, Milwaukee county, moving to Ashford in 1847. On Oct 7, 1861, he enlisted with the second battery of Wisconsin Volunteers in Milwaukee as a private and served in the war, receiving an honorable discharge Oct. 10, 1864. He then settled on a farm in the Town of Ashford.

Mr. Rauch was married Sept. 9, 1880 to Bertha Utke. They moved to a farm in the Town of Auburn in 1889, where they resided until 1921 when they moved here. Besides his widow the deceased leaves four children, Mrs. John Brown, Charles Rauch and Mrs. William Edwards of Campbellsport, and Mrs. Enos Dyke of Waldo, and 11 grandchildren.

The funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday from the residence and at 10:30 a.m. from the Reformed church. The Rev. William Zenk will officiate. Burial will be at Rauch cemetery.

Newspaper article, publication unknown, ca. 1916:

BROTHERS WED FOUR SISTERS

Record Said to Be Unequaled Anywhere in the United States

Note: John A. Blum married Phillipina "Bena" Rauch on 28 Apr 1908 at Kewaskum; Paul Lester Blum married Otelia Rauch on 6 Jun 1911 at Marshfield; Jacob A. Blum married Lillian Dorothy Rauch on 14 Jul 1916 at West Bend; Peter Albert Blum married Rose Marie Rauch on 1 Jun 1916 at Marshfield. The Blum brothers were sons of Peter & Eva (Rottscheit) Blum; the Rauch sisters were daughters of William & Amelia (Grebe) Rauch. 
 
 

VITAL RECORDS

A collection of the published vital records on file in the Fond du Lac County Register of Deeds Office, of residents buried in Rauch Cemetery and their rellatives. Fond du Lac County MARRIAGE Records

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