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Frederick E Rakestraw

Birth	:	29 Aug 1923
Death	:	18 Aug 2004
Burial	:	Maple Grove Cemetery, Germantown, Bracken County, USA
Coordinate	:	38.6522630, -83.9650240
Plot	:	Section C, Row 10
Description	:	Published in The Rochester Sentinel Thursday, August 19, 2004 Frederick E. Rakestraw Frederick E. RAKESTRAW, 80, of 916 Sunflower Lane, Rochester, passed away at 5:45 p.m. Wednesday at Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester. His funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at First Christian Church, Rochester. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Friday at Zimmerman Bros. Funeral Home, Rochester, and one hour prior to the service Saturday at the church. ----- Published in The Rochester Sentinel Friday, August 20, 2004 Frederick E. Rakestraw Aug. 29, 1923–Aug. 18, 2004 Frederick E. RAKESTRAW, 80, of 916 Sunflower Lane, Rochester, passed away at 5:45 p.m. Wednesday at Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester. Born in... Read More	Published in The Rochester Sentinel Thursday, August 19, 2004 Frederick E. Rakestraw Frederick E. RAKESTRAW, 80, of 916 Sunflower Lane, Rochester, passed away at 5:45 p.m. Wednesday at Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester. His funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at First Christian Church, Rochester. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Friday at Zimmerman Bros. Funeral Home, Rochester, and one hour prior to the service Saturday at the church. ----- Published in The Rochester Sentinel Friday, August 20, 2004 Frederick E. Rakestraw Aug. 29, 1923–Aug. 18, 2004 Frederick E. RAKESTRAW, 80, of 916 Sunflower Lane, Rochester, passed away at 5:45 p.m. Wednesday at Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester. Born in Lima, Ohio, he was the son of John Franklin and Hettie Driver Rakestraw. On Dec. 25, 1943, he married Wilodean Weimer in Wabash County. She survives. Mr. Rakestraw served with the U.S. Army in the Signal Corps in the European Theatre during World War II. He graduated from the Indiana University School of Law in 1949 and spent 53 years in the legal profession. In 1954, he was elected Fulton County Circuit Court Judge, becoming the first Democrat elected in the county for 18 years. He served in that position for 11 years and in January 1966, he was appointed by Gov. Roger Branigan to fill a vacancy on the Indiana Supreme Court. From 1967 until his retirement in 2002, he practiced law, first in Plymouth and then in Rochester. He was a member of the American Bar Association, Indiana Bar Association and the Fulton County Bar Association. He was a member of the First Christian Church, Rochester, where he served as an elder, Sunday School teacher for over 45 years, and as board chairman several times. He was a 45-year member and past governer of the Kiwanis Club. Survivors include his wife, Wilodean Rake-straw, Rochester; two daughters, Carol and husband Randy Wolfe, Owensboro, Ky., and Lynne and husband Michael Kidder, Frederick, Md.; three sons, Paul and wife Regina Rakestraw, South Bend, Mark and wife Lynn Rakestraw, Rochester, N.Y., and John and wife Marsha Rakestraw, Portland, Ore.; 10 grandchildren, four great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Jeanne Faoro, Pacific Palisades, Calif., and Betty Woods, LaPorte. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Helen Mitchell, Indianapolis. His funeral service is 10:30 a.m. Saturday at First Christian Church, Rochester, with the Rev. Woody Slade officiating. Burial is at IOOF Cemetery, Rochester. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. today at Zimmerman Bros. Funeral Home, Rochester. Memorials may be made to the building fund at First Christian Church. SOURCE: Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 2004 by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh

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Latitude: 38.6522630
Longitude: -83.9650240

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Parent

Hettie Gertrude Driver Gossard

(1901 - 1978)

Spouse

Wilodean “Billie” Weimer Rakestraw

(1924 - 2012)

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