Dorothy Helene Rathje Dorothy Helene Rathje, 92, of Clinton, Iowa, died Sunday, October 15, 2006, at her home. Funeral services will be held Friday 10 a.m. at St. John Lutheran Church in Clinton.

Visitation will be 3-7 p.m. Thursday at the Pape Funeral Home and Friday 9 a.m. until the service time at the church. Memorials may be given to the Clinton County 4-H Foundation or St. John Memorial Fund.

Dorothy is survived by her two sons, Victor (Dianne) Rathje, of Amana, Iowa, and Allan Rathje, of Clinton; daughter, Laurie Kuehl, of Clinton; seven grandchildren, Brent, Rhonda, and Kendall Rathje, Mark and Gregg Kuehl, and Tom and John Rathje; two step-grandchildren, Rick and Jane Busch; 12 great-grandchildren; a step-sister, Ruth Huebe, of DeWitt and a cousin, Ralph Stuedemann, of Flandreau, South Dakota.

Daughter of Emil and Henrietta (Mohr) Stuedemann, she was born in Manning on May 9, 1914.
Burial was in Oakland Cemetery in Clinton.
Quad City Times, October 18, 2006