Mrs. Rauhe was a loving, devoted mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and homemaker. She was a member of Good News Baptist Church and loved her Lord and enjoyed reading her Bible. She loved her cats and was a good friend and neighbor, loved baking desserts and giving them away. She was nanny to a lot of kids.
She was born July 20, 1930, to the late James Bendall and Margaret Agnes Lindamood Bendall. She was also predeceased by two sisters: Anne and Frances Bendall.
She is survived by her children: Cherri Steadman and husband, Tommy, of Roanoke Rapids; Donna Cook and husband, Dan, of Lake Gaston; John D. Rauhe of Roanoke Rapids; Fred Rauhe of Atlantic City, New Jersey, and Scott Rauhe of Burlington, N. C.; her brother: Richard Bendall of Sun City, Arizona; her grandchildren: Renee Peterson, of Northfield, New Jersey, Mark Mitchell of Lake Gaston; Heather Miles and Chris Rauhe of Roanoke Rapids; Rebecca Rauhe, Cullowhee; and Bryce Rauhe of Greenville; her great- grandchildren: Samantha and Taylor Peterson.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, August 3, 2010, in the chapel of Hockaday Funeral & Cremation Service, at 2:00 P.M. conducted by Rev. Randy Martin. Burial will follow in Cedarwood Cemetery in Weldon.
The family will receive friends from 1:00 to 2:00 P.M. preceding the funeral service.
Memorial gifts may be made to Continuum Home Care and Hospice of Halifax County, 544 Julian R. Allsbrook Highway, Roanoke Rapids, N. C. 27870.
Online condolences may be made to www.hockadayfs.com.
