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Elizabeth Catherine Trausch

10/3/1924 - 2/21/2017


Obituary


Elizabeth Trausch, 92, of Clarion passed away Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at the Clarion Wellness and Rehabilitation Center.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, February 25, 2017 at 12:30 PM at St. John’s Catholic Church, 608 2nd Avenue North East in Clarion, with Father Jerry Blake officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to Mass at the church.  

Burial will take place at Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Eagle Grove at 3:15 PM.

The Scriptural Wake and visitation scheduled for Friday, February 24th, has been cancelled.

Elizabeth Catherine Trausch was born October 3, 1924 in Eagle Grove, Iowa to Alfred Nickolas Trausch and Elizabeth Margaret (Fischer) Trausch.

Elizabeth (Liz), a life-long resident of the Clarion area grew up on a farm Southwest of Clarion while attending a Country School and worked for Mueller Studios in Clarion for many years.

Liz was faithful to the Catholic Church, belonging to the Catholic Daughters of the Americas. Liz enjoyed going to family outings and reunions, also enjoyed going shopping with friends, and going on several bus trips with friends and family.

Liz was preceded in death by her brothers, Francis Sebastian, Donald Emil, Robert Steven, Everett Bernard, Richard Anthony and sisters, Margaret Anna Trausch, Ethel Marie (Trausch) Lewis, Helen Mae (Trausch) Steffenson, Gladys Irene Trausch, brothers and sisters-in-law, Kirk Lewis, Lloyd Steffenson, Alice (Studer) Trausch, and June (Gordon) Trausch.

Liz is survived by her sister Viola (Trausch) Studer, Des Moines, and sister-in-law Bernice (Linn) Trausch, Belmond, with many nieces and nephews and their families.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to St. John’s Catholic Church Elevator Fund.