Gertrude was born to Fred RAUSCHKE and Bertha KUESTER in New Ulm, Brown County, Minnesota. She married Clarence WILLHITE on October 14, 1930 in New Ulm, Minnesota where they raised three children. Gertrude would spend her entire life in New Ulm, living and raising her family only a block away from her childhood home. Gertrude was a homemaker, working occasionally at Union Hospital and The Sportsman's Grill in downtown New Ulm, Minnesota. Gertrude was very active member of St John's Lutheran Church and St Paul's Lutheran Church prior to the organization of St John's Lutheran Church, both churches located in New Ulm, Minnesota. She belonged to St John's Ladies Aid for many years and was a Red Cross volunteer at the local hospitals and nursing homes for many years as well.
OBITUARY
Gertrude WILLHITE, 90, of New Ulm, died Saturday, Oct. 9,
1999, at New Ulm Medical Center. Services are 2 p.m. Tuesday at St. John's
Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Ulm with burial in the Lutheran Cemetery in
New Ulm.
Visitation is 5-7 p.m. today at Minnesota Valley Funeral
Home in New Ulm and continues for one hour prior to the time of the service
Tuesday at the church.
She is survived by her daughter (Living) of
New Ulm; her son Robert of Little Falls; five
grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; one-great great-grandchild; and
brother, Martin RAUSCHKE of Waukesha, Wis. She was preceded in death by her parents;
husband, Clarence WILLHITE on Sept. 24, 1982; brother, Armin RAUSCHKE;
sister, Edna KRAUSE;
grandsons Perry and Michael Ludlum; daughter-in-law, Carol (BUEGE) WILLHITE. (It should be
noted here that Gertrude was also preceded in death by her oldest daughter, Ruth Mary HALL, January 15, 1995.)
She was born Feb. 23, 1909, in New Ulm to Fred and Bertha RAUSCHKE.
She attended St. Paul's Lutheran School and graduated from the high school
department of Dr. Martin Luther College. She married Clarence WILLHITE on
Oct. 14, 1930, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in New Ulm. She was a member of
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Ulm. She was also a Red Cross
worker.
(Published in The Journal, New Ulm, MN; October 11, 1999)
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