Individual Details

Estella Elizabeth Rausch

(December 21, 1923 - November 25, 2001)

Estella "Butch" (Rausch) Gillitzer, 77
Rockville, Nov. 25, 2001

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, at Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church, Rockville, for Estella "Butch" Gillitzer, age 77, who died Sunday at her home. Burial will be in the parish cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Wenner Funeral Home in Cold Spring. Parish prayers will be at 7:30 p.m.

Estella was born in Luxemburg township to Michael and Wilhelmina (Stommes) Rausch. She married Walter Gillitzer on October 21, 1947 in St. Nicholas Catholic Church, St. Nicholas, MN. She was a member of Mary of the Immaculate Conception Parish, Christian Women, and Birthline.

Survivors include her son Gary (Kim); sister, Marie Rousselange; brother, Michael Rausch; and 2 grandchildren, Maggie and Peter.

She was preceded in death by her husband Walter on 2/15/1974, and sisters Viola Ashfeld and Bernadette Gillitzer. Memorials are preferred to Birthline Inc. of St. Cloud, MN.

Events

BirthDecember 21, 1923Luxemburg Twp., MN
MarriageOctober 21, 1947St. Nicholas, Stearns Co., MN - Walter Gillitzer
DeathNovember 25, 2001Stearns Co., MN

Families

SpouseWalter Gillitzer (1918 - 1974)
FatherMichael Rausch (1895 - 1971)
MotherWilhelmina Stommes (1903 - 1964)
SiblingViola Rausch (1922 - 1987)
SiblingBernadette M. Rausch (1926 - 2000)
SiblingMichael M. Rausch (1930 - 2008)
SiblingMarie Rausch