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Casper H. Rausch
June 03, 1925 ~ April 19, 2004
From: Marengo, Ohio
Visitation: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 from 4:00-8:00 P.M.
at
DeVore-Snyder Funeral Home, Sunbury, OH
Funeral: Thursday, April 22, 2004 at 11:00 A.M.
at
DeVore-Snyder Funeral Home, Sunbury, OH
Burial: Marengo Cemetery, Marengo, Ohio
Casper H. “Cap” Rausch, age 78 of Marengo died unexpectedly
early Monday, April 19, 2004 in the emergency room of Morrow
County Hospital.
He was born on June 3, 1925 in Plain City to the late Daniel and
Virgie (Vance) Rausch. Cap moved to the Marengo area at the age
of 16 and attended the Marengo High School. A Veteran of the
82nd Airborne Division of the US Army, he participated in the
Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe Campaigns of WW II.
Cap had worked as a milk deliveryman for Riverside Dairy, owned
and operated the 71/61 Gulf Station until 1977, and retired in
1985 from the Marengo Post Office as a rural letter carrier. He
was a former member of the Morrow County Hospital Board as well
as a charter and lifetime member of American Legion Post #710.
A loving husband, father, and grandfather to his wife of almost
58 years: Joanne Jordan, Daughter Mary (Jerry) Steele of
Marengo; Sons William (Sharon) of Marengo, Richard (Connie) of
Brownwood, TX, 12 grandchildren, 8 Great-grandchildren, loving
friends: Ivan and Ruth Pearl of Fulton.
Preceded in death by loving daughter; Joyce Chandler in 1998,
parents-in-law; Leon (Dorothy) Jordan, Brothers: Lee, Bill,
Sisters: Mary Lou Hyatt, Edith Kincade.
Friends may call Wednesday 4-8 p.m. at DeVore-Snyder Funeral
Home, SR 3 at 61, Sunbury, where services will be held Thursday
11:00 a.m., with Rev. James Brantingham officiating. Interment
with military honors will follow in Marengo Cemetery.
Memorial contributions can be made to Marengo United Methodist
Church Life Center, P.O. Box 126, Marengo, OH 43334, or American
Cancer Society, 1150 Mt. Vernon Ave., Marion, OH 43302.
Condolences may be expressed at www.snyderfuneralhomes.com.
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