Obit: Rahn, Virginia Rose (1916 - 2014)
Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail:
dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Rahn, Pollnow, Milton, Svetlik, Greer, Hoeft, Engstrom, Kasper
----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 3/12/2014
Rahn, Virginia Rose (26 May 1916 - 2 January 2014)
Virginia Rose Rahn, 97, of Zephyrhills, FL, died January 2, 2014.
Virginia was born in Pine Valley May 25, 1916, to James and Rose (Pollnow)
Milton. She graduated from Neillsville High School in 1933. She worked for
several years as a secretary in the Neillsville Bank before her marriage to
Henry E. Rahn Sept. 30, 1937.
After her marriage, Virginia continued to work part-time in the offices of
Register of Deeds, County Clerk and Neillsville Shipping Association. She worked
seven years as secretary in the Clark County Extension Office. From 1957 until
her retirement in 1973, she worked as bookkeeper and secretary in the
Neillsville Production Credit Association Office.
After her retirement, she and her husband spent winters in Zephyrhills, FL,
where she moved after his death. Virginia was a member of St. John’s Evangelical
Lutheran Church in Neillsville. She was one time an active member of the Dorcas
Society, serving as treasurer, and served for several years as treasurer of the
Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. Her hobbies included crocheting, knitting and
playing cards.
Virginia is survived by her son, James L. Rahn, of Zephyrhills, FL; her sister,
Gloria Svetlik, New Holstein; two granddaughters, Lynn (Bill) Greer,
Gainesville, FL, and Sandra (Gordon) Hoeft, New Berlin; three
great-granddaughters, Erin, Alexa and Emma; three great-grandsons, Josh, Shane
and Noah; and one great-great-granddaughter, Daisy.
She was preceded in death by her husband, who died Oct. 5, 1993; her parents;
two brothers, Raymond and Lewis; and two sisters, Lucille Engstrom and Deloris
Kasper.
Virginia was cremated at Whitfield Funeral Home, Zephyrhills, FL.
Please send memorials to St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Neillsville,
WI. 54456
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