Catherine A "Katie" Rabuck

Catherine A. "Katie" Rabuck , age 82, of Freeport, Illinois and previously of Savanna, died Saturday, November 18, 2006 at the Roolan Health Center, Lacey, Washington . Funeral Mass will be held at 12:00 Noon, Saturday, November 25, 2006 in St. John the Baptist Catholic Church with Father Dennis Atto as Celebrant.. Burial will be in St. John’s Catholic Cemetery, Savanna. Friends may call from 4-8:00 p.m. Friday, November 24, with a Rosary Service at 7:30 p.m. at the Church. Memorials may be made in Catherine’s name for St. John the Baptist Catholic Church.
Katie was born in Cazenovia, Wisconsin, Thursday, August 21, 1924, the daughter of Peter and Winnifred (Jackson) Wertz She married George W. Rabuck on January 2, 1947 in Germantown, Wisconsin. George died May 16, 2002.
Katie worked at Burgess Battery, Freeport, the Garment Factory in Clinton, Iowa, the Eaton Corporation in Savanna, retiring in 1990. She was a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church and the Catholic Daughters of America. Katie helped to care for many people. She loved playing cards and bingo. Katie enjoyed time spent with her family and friends.
Katie will be dearly missed by her sons, Robert G. “Bob” Rabuck of Freeport and James L. (Joey) Rabuck of Olympia, Washington; one daughter, Louise C. Bardell of Morrison; six grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchildren; and one sister Mary Rockweiler of Cazenovia, Wisconsin;.
Katie is preceded in death by her parents, husband, three sisters and three brothers.