Myrna Rauch

Rauch, Myrna Feb. 22, 1915 - May 16, 2013 of Edina. Myrna was born and raised on a farm near Preston in southeastern Minnesota. Myrna was not a complainer but a doer. When her first husband died during WWII, she got back up on the horse, and found a great guy..,and started a family. She brought much wisdom to the raising of children and coping with the running of a household...in part from an early start in the working world...she was country school teacher at the age of 17 having skipped two grades along with being raised on a farm in which she had to live in town during the school week for her last several years of high school...no school transportation out to the family farm. Her love of travel and post card writing during her trips carried through to her grandchildren...it fostered travel in her daughters...they learned the capitals of all 50 states during her sometimes fun quizzes on road trips. In her later years, she enjoyed traveling the world with Jim and seeing so many sites, but Paris remained her favorite. She especially loved her three daughters, three grandchildren and one great granddaughter. Family was the most important part of her life; cherishing the time spent for holidays, picnics, and any type of gathering. She had beautiful handwriting and wrote thoughtful missives...remembering birthdays of friends, get well wishes. Those missives were a mission for her...and even when she lost her vision she made phone calls with a helper doing the dialing to keep her mission alive and well. Myrna was an over 60 year member of Knox Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis Women's Club, Edina Women's Club and Lake Harriet Eastern Star. Myrna was preceded in death by her husband, Jim; sister Lois Polley; and brother Edward Prinsen. She is survived by daughters, Marilyn (Robert) Benson, Janet Rauch and Diane (John) Nagengast; along with grandchildren, Amy Nagengast, Meredith (Paul) Doran, and Dan Nagengast along with great-granddaughter, Madden Doran. She was extremely grateful for all the loving visitors who came to her apartment over the past few years when it was a challenge to get out. She was also grateful to her many friends at Walker Methodist Care Suites. Visitation Wed., 5/22, 5-7 PM at the Washburn-McReavy Edina Chapel, W. 50th Street at Hwy 100. Funeral service at 11 AM Thursday at Knox Presbyterian Church, 4747 Lyndale Ave. South with visitation one hour prior to service. Reception following service. Interment at Lakewood Cemetery. Memorials preferred to Knox Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis. www.Washburn-McReavy.com Edina Chapel 952-920-3996

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Myrna Rauch

May 16, 2013

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