Marieta Frances Raasch

Funeral service for Marieta Frances Raasch, 80, of Cement, OK will be held at 1:00pm, Saturday, March 9, 2024 at Southern Oaks Church of Christ in Chickasha, OK.  Nathan Talbert will officiate and Scott Smiley will assist.

Marieta Frances (Rogers) Raasch was born to D M "Red" and Velma Rogers on July 6, 1943. She passed peacefully from this world on March 4, 2024, in Oklahoma City.

She married her grade school sweetheart, Gary Raasch, on Nov 14, 1960. They were blessed with 63 ½ years of marriage and built a legacy of love on their farm in Cement, Oklahoma. Marieta was a homemaker for many years while her children were young, and they ran a Dairy Farm. She worked in banking at The Bank of Cement and Chickasha Bank & Trust, followed by being a warranty clerk at Lacefield's Chevrolet in Chickasha and later at Lawson's Auto Mall in Lawton, where she retired in 2008.

She loved working outside in her flower beds, the garden, and being with her family. She was preceded in death by her parents, brother Jack Rutledge, sister Reba Watkins, and grandson Evan Raasch.

She is survived by her loving husband Gary, sister Joyce Boyd, son David Raasch and wife Kim, daughter Robin Smiley and husband Scott, grandsons Tyson, Todd, Riley, and granddaughters Morgan and Taylor. She has 9 great-grandchildren and 1 Great-Great Grandson to be seen in April, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Interment will be in the Cement Cemetery in Cement, Oklahoma.  Services are under the direction of McRay Funeral Home.