----Source: TRIBUNE-RECORD-GLEANER (Loyal, Wis.) 02/05/2003

Rutschow, Robert N. (27 Mar 1946 - 1 Feb 2003)

Robert "Bob" Norman Rutschow, 56, Spencer, died on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003, at his home. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m., on Tuesday, Feb. 4, at Community Funeral Home, Spencer. The Rev. Charles Stoetzel officiated. Burial was in West Spencer Cemetery, Clark County, Wis.

Robert Norman Rutschow was born on March 27, 1946, in Chicago, to Norman and Ruth (nee Witt) Rutschow. He married Christine "Chris" Jaeger on Aug. 4, 1978, in Aurora, Ill. He received his master’s degree from UW-Stevens Point. He worked at Marshfield Clinic. He was a member of the National Association of Clinical Pathologists and a member of the Brule River Sportsman Club. His interests included fishing, hiking, canoeing, spending time with his family at a lake in northern Wisconsin, football and the Chicago Bears.

Survivors include his wife, Christine, Spencer; three sons, Robert Norman (Melissa Gokey) Rutschow II, Marshfield, Kenneth Eugene Rutschow, Spencer, and Ryan Jeffrey Rutschow, Spencer; one daughter, Lara Christine Ruth Rutschow, Spencer; and one sister, Judith Abraham, Naperville, Ill.

Preceding him in death were his parents.

Community Funeral Home, Spencer, assisted the family with arrangements.