Imelda Rauschuber

Imelda Mary Bierschenk Rauschuber, first child born to William and Mary (Neu) Bierschenk, was born on July 17, 1931.  Imelda attended Lindsay Elementary until Camp Howze took the family farm and they moved to Pilot Point for a brief period.  The family purchased a farm in Valley View and she graduated from Valley View High School in 1948.  On May 3, 1950, she married Alvin Rauschuber and they had eight children.  Imelda lived through the Great Depression, WWII, raised 8 babies with no disposable diapers or a real washing machine and no dryer other than a clothes line.  The family farm raised chickens and sold eggs and then converted to a dairy farm.  After she no longer had to assist her kids with their studies, she started her own college education at NCTC to become a Registered Nurse and earned her B.S.N. at the University of Texas at Arlington.  She worked at the Decatur Community Hospital in many departments, culminating as the Director of Nursing, was a Silver Haired Legislator for the State of Texas, and served as an Ombudsman for local nursing homes in Gainesville.  She also served as a substitute teacher and nurse at Valley View I.S.D. during her later years.  Imelda enjoyed traveling throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe and loved baking, quilting, and her cat, Frank.

Survivors include 8 children and their spouses: Cathy and Roy Rodriguez, Joann and Glenn Sessums, Eva and Don Jones, Ava and Randy Nickerson, Linda and Alan Murphey, Alice and Don Ford, Jerry and Ramona Rauschuber and Joe and Misty Rauschuber, grandchildren Adrian Rodriguez and Jennifer Christie, Ambre Davis, Andrea Bernard, Alex Sessums, Chad Jones, Joel and Jordan Nickerson, Eric and Michael Murphey, Heather Juarez, Thomas and Daniel Ford, T.J. Shurbet, Courtney Thompson, Jerad and Jase Rauschuber, Jamie Henry, Justin,  Cody, and Ryan Scoggin, 40 great grandchildren, and 1 great, Great grandchild, sisters Josephine Rauschuber, Betty Henscheid, Mary Nell Klement and brothers Bobby, Kenneth, and Dennis Bierschenk and many in laws.

Mrs. Rauschuber was preceded in death by her parents, husband Alvin, and grandson Christopher Rodriguez, and brothers Billy and Edgar Bierschenk.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 AM on Saturday, December 3rd at St. Mary’s Catholic Church with burial in the Valley View Cemetery. Rosary at 6:00 p.m. on Friday evening at Geo. J. Carroll funeral home.

Mrs. Rauschuber’s grandsons will serve as pallbearers.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Home Hospice of Cooke County, Valley View Fire Department, Valley View Cemetery Association, or St. Mary’s Church.