Elsie Rau

1933 - 2015  (81 years)

• Name	Elsie Rau
  Born	22 Aug 1933	Sheridan County, North Dakota, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	4 Apr 2015
  Buried	Kassel Reformed Church Cemetery, Lincoln Valley, Sheridan County, North Dakota, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I339844	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2016

  
  

  Father	Henry Rau,   b. 7 Apr 1902, North Dakota, USA ,   d. 30 Jul 1992  (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Anna Theresa Guthmiller,   b. 20 Nov 1905, Medina, Stutsman County, North Dakota, USA ,   d. 1981  (Age 75 years)
  Married	10 Nov 1931
  Family ID	F114130	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S927] Obituary. Elsie Rau Born: August 22, 1933 Died: April 04, 2015 Local Florists Send Gifts Elsie Rau, 81, rural Denhoff, ND died Saturday, April 4, 2015 at her farm home. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 8 at St. Martin’s Lutheran Church, Anamoose, ND. Visitation will be Tuesday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Hertz Funeral Home, Harvey, ND. Burial will be in Kassel Reformed Cemetery, rural Denhoff, ND. Elsie was born on August 22, 1933 on the family farm in the Lincoln Valley area north of Denhoff. She was the daughter of Henry and Anna (Guthmiller) Rau. She grew up there and attended the New Germantown Township School. Elsie chose to stay at home on the family farm. She did the chores and helped with picking rocks and making hay. They raised hundreds of chickens and had a large garden every year for many years. She worked for a time at Premium Gold Flax, Denhoff. She also cared for her parents as they grew older. Elsie enjoyed baking and handcrafts such as embroidering. She was an amateur photographer and loved to take pictures of the outdoors, animals and birds. One of her “Sunset” pictures was selected by a Minot TV station and broadcast during the news and weather. She was an avid bird watcher and would recognize the birds by the sound of their calls. She would feed the birds as part of her daily experience with nature. Elsie was a member of the Kassel Reformed Church where she was baptized and confirmed. She was also a member of the Sheridan County German Singers, Twilight Homemakers Club of Lincoln Valley and Anamoose Farmers Market. Elsie is survived by her sisters, Gertie Rau of Denhoff, Frieda Rau and Alma Rau both of Harvey, Norma and brother in law J Carlson of Cleveland, ND; nephew, John (Annie) Carlson of Mercer, three great nieces and one great nephew; sister-in-law, Edith Rau of Bismarck. Elsie was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Gerhard Rau; niece Ann Reutter. Elsie passed away on Saturday, April 4, 2015 while she was walking outside in her yard enjoying the fresh air and nature. She had been undergoing treatment for cancer recently. .