Benjamin F Rasch

1897 - 1983  (86 years)

• Name	Benjamin F Rasch
  Born	17 Feb 1897	Fairbury, Jefferson County, Nebraska
  Gender	Male
  Died	24 Aug 1983	Wamego, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Buried	27 Aug 1983	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I5879	Rossville
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	Fred Rasch
  Mother	Anna Hohonsee Rasch
  Family ID	F7484	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Minnie S Seele Rasch,   b. 1 Feb 1897, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas ,   d. 23 Feb 1993, Athens, Clarke County, Georgia  (Age 96 years)
  Married	1 Feb 1917	Wamego, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Children	+ 1. Marion Charles (Bud) Rasch,   b. 19 Jun 1917, Eskridge, Wabaunsee County, Kansas ,   d. 7 Sep 1980, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 63 years)
  Documents		Anniversary- Rasch, Ben and Minnie Mr. and Mrs. Ben Rasch Married 50 Years [Caption: Mr. & Mrs. Ben Rasch] Mr. and Mrs. Ben Rasch, Belvue, will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary Sunday, Oct. 30, with open house at their country home. No invitations are being issued, but friends and relatives are asked to call from 2 to 5 p.m. The couple asks that no gifts be presented. Mr. and Mrs. Rasch have spent most of their fifty years in Wabaunsee county where they have been engaged in farming. They have one child, Mr. Marion Rasch, Rossville; three grandchildren, and two great-grandsons. Mr. and Mrs. M.C. Rasch of Rossville will be hosts for the reception. [From 1966]
  Last Modified	9 May 2018 10:28:44
  Family ID	F6033	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 17 Feb 1897 - Fairbury, Jefferson County, Nebraska  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Rasch, Benjamin Benjamin F. Rasch Benjamin F. Rasch, 86, Wamego, died late Wednesday, August 24, 1983, at a Wamego hospital where he had been a patient one day. Mr. Rasch worked for Rock Island Lines until about 1918 and later was a farmer. He was born February 17, 1897, at Fairbury, Nebr., the son of Fred and Anna Hohonsee Rasch. He lived in an Alma nursing home several years. Mr. Rasch lived near Rossville until 1950 when he moved to a farm in the Wells Creek community south of Belvue. He was a member of Immanuel United Church of Christ in the Wells Creek community and Hesperian Lodge No. 111, AF&AM, Rossville. He was married to Minnie S. Seele February 1, 1917, at Wamego. She survives. A son, Marion C. Rasch, died September 7, 1981. Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Lula Kline, Wichita; a brother, Edward Rasch, Arkansas City; three grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services were at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Immanuel United Church of Christ in the Wells Creek community. Burial was in Rossville Cemetery. Relatives and friends met from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at Stewart Funeral Home in Wamego. Memorial contributions may be made to Immanuel United Church of Christ in the Wells Creek community.