Delores Ann Rachaner

DELORES RACHANER Delores Ann Rachaner, age 90, of Gravois Mills, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, June 15, 2023 at Lake Regional Hospital, Osage Beach, Missouri. She was born June 20, 1932 in Boonville, Missouri, a daughter of Phillip and Kathryn (Eckerle) Day. On May 3, 1958 at Assumption Church in Kansas City, Missouri, she was united in marriage to Eugene Bernard Rachaner. Together they shared the past sixty-five years of marriage. Wife, Mom, Grandma D, Gigi, Aunt Delores and 2nd Mom; she started life as the oldest of seven kids on a farm in Pilot Grove, during the depression. It was not easy but family was everything. After graduating high school, she moved to the big city…Kansas City, Missouri and got married to an Arkansas boy, Gene, that loved to dance almost as much as she did. After getting married May 3, 1958 with a honeymoon in New Orleans, they settled in Raytown, Missouri and grew their family by two more. She loved her kids and threw some great holiday parties. During the summer she canned all the vegetables her husband grew in the garden. She had many different careers, starting with AT&T when she moved to the city, being a stay-at-home mom, working in the school cafeteria (so she could keep an eye on her two kids), working at Walmart for many, many years plus other jobs in between. She also found time to paint and sell hundreds of stepping stones. Being a grandma was the highlight of her retirement and why they moved to the Lake of the Ozarks to be near their four granddaughters. She took them to the movies, read to them, cooked homemade pizza and went to all their games, concerts and school functions. Her superpower was to meet a person, find out their birthday and remember it forever and then send birthday wishes every year. She was happiest around her family that included her two newest sweet boys, her great grandsons. She had a way to stay in touch with all her many nieces and nephews and was mom to all she met. Survivors include her husband, Gene Rachaner of the home; two children, Kathy Shearer of Gravois Mills, Missouri and Larry Rachaner of Kingsville, Missouri; four granddaughters, Madison Shearer, Haley Shearer, Sydney Shearer and Darby Johnson; two great-grandchildren, Al Robinette and Gregory Johnson and a host of other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents and six siblings. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, June 22, 2023 at St. Patrick Catholic Church. Burial will follow in St. Patrick’s Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10:00-11:00 a.m., Thursday at the church. Memorial donations may be made to The National Shrine of Mary, Mother of the Church. Arrangements are under the care and direction of Kidwell-Garber Laurie/Sunrise Beach Chapel.

Delores Ann Rachaner

June 20, 1932 - June 15, 2023

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