Bloomington – Carolyn M. Rauch, 81, of Bloomington, formerly of Downs, passed away at her home on August 30, 2025.
Services for Carolyn will be held on Saturday, September 13, 2025, at the Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home in Atlanta, IL. Visitation will begin at 1:00 p.m. followed by a Memorial Service at 2:00 p.m. Cremation Rites have been accorded.
Carolyn M. Pape was born May 29, 1944, in Belleville, the daughter of Walter H. and Adele L. Krone Pape.
Carolyn is survived by two children: Christopher (Karen) Rauch and Jennifer (Danny) Lilly; and three grandchildren: Aizik “A.J.” Wagner, Brianna Lilly, and Matthew Lilly.
She was preceded in death by one brother, Charles Pape, and one grandson, Michael “Trey” C. Wagner III.
Carolyn was a 1962 graduate of Columbia High School in Columbia, IL. She then graduated from Deaconess School of Nursing in 1965, followed by McKendree College where Carolyn received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). Carolyn had also completed a Master of Science in Nursing at St. Louis University (MSN).
Carolyn was a practicing nurse for 57 years, during which time she also instructed at Lakeview College of Nursing in Danville for 17 years. She attended Living Hope Christian Church in Downs. Carolyn loved spending time with her children and grandchildren, reading, and was a cat lover. She really enjoyed living at the Villas of Holly Brook – Assisted Living & Memory Care: Bloomington Fox Creek the last few years and playing Crazy 8s and BINGO with her “family” there.
Memorials may be made to the Carolyn Rauch Alpha Alpha Delta Scholarship at Lakeview College of Nursing, 903 N. Logan Ave., Danville, IL 61832 or to the Living Hope Christian Church Women’s Bible Study, 608 N Huff Road, Downs, IL 61736.
Final arrangements are entrusted with Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home of Atlanta, IL.