Timken - Patricia F. Raup, 83, died, September 25, 2007 at her home, Timken.
She was born January 30, 1924 in Framingham, Massachusetts, the daughter of Maurice J. and Dorothy K. Devine Fontaine. She graduated from Hampden High School in Hamden, Connecticut in 1941. A resident of Timken since 1976, moving from Danville, Illinois. She was an Executive Secretary for many years.
On October 18, 1944 she married Rowland S. Raup in Mt. Carmel, Connecticut. He died September 19, 1998.
She was a member of the Gay Ginghams of Rush County, and attended St. Mary and Martha's Episcopal Church in Larned, and was also very active in volunteer work at the Local Hospital in Illinois.
Survivors include: two sons, Paul M., Dodge City, Thomas J. and wife Carol, Timken, a daughter, Katherine Wilson and husband Billy, Wheatland, Wyoming, a sister, Barbara McGuire, Clinton, Connecticut, four grandchildren, Ryan and wife Kim Raup, Matt and wife Holly Raup, Chris Raup and Kathryn Jane Raup, and five great grandchildren.
Funeral will be at 11:00 a.m. Monday at the St. Mary and Martha's Episcopal Church, Larned with the Fr. Mark Cowell presiding. Visitation will be from1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Sunday at the Beckwith Mortuary. Burial will be in the Larned Cemetery.
Memorials may be sent to the Southwind Hospice in care of the Beckwith Mortuary, P.O. Box 477, Larned, KS 67550. Condolences may be left at www.beckwithmortuary.com.