IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Ramona "Mona"
Mae Raimann
September 4, 1928 – April 19, 2025
Obituary
Ramona "Mona" Mae Raimann, 96, passed away April 19, 2025, peacefully at home in Oshkosh. Mona was born on September 4, 1928, to Norman and Gladys (Soderstein) Thompson of Scandinavia, WI. Whenever you ask Mona her age, she always said she was 19. The song "Ramona" was the source of her name.
Mona's childhood remembrances were of growing up during the depression on a farm with snow up to the wires, riding in a sleigh to school, no electricity, no running water or phones, swimming in the horse trough, baking bread using the kitchen wood stove, closing school for potato harvest while earning a penny per bushel, having dresses made from printed flour sacks and pitching a softball game winning 108 - 0. She still has the winning ball.
Living in a three generational home, her Norwegian born grandparents spoke Norwegian when they didn't want the kids to understand.
After a romantic courtship and a Christmas diamond ring, Mona married Robert Raimann March 1, 1947, in Waupaca. On Valentine's Day Bob found an apartment in Oshkosh but had to wait to obtain furniture. She was still using some of it.
Mona sewed prom and wedding gowns for her daughters, suit jackets for Bob, enjoyed countless hours of counted cross stitch and crocheted afghans. She made krumkakes, lefse, rosettes and lutefisk. She was a state champion bowler and once had a perfect 300 game. Mona claimed she never got a good deal but played a mean cribbage game. The adventurous side of Mona was active in the Oshkosh Campers Club, Oshkosh Snowmobile Club, Good Sam's RV Club, traveling to Norway, Hawaii, Germany, and all the US states except Alaska. She was an active member of First English Lutheran Church since 1958 and did volunteer work at the food bank, EAA, and the Grand Opera House.
Mona was preceded in death by her husband, Bob; her parents; sons-in-law, Ricky Hoeft and Kenneth Ziebert; sister, Lulu Belle (Herb)Tesch; brother, Leland (Lois) Thompson.
She is survived by her four daughters, Linda (Roger) Foust of Omro, Nancy (Craig) Ruddy of Redgranite, Sharon Raimann (special friend John Kaye) of Sun City, AZ and Joanne Raimann of Oshkosh; grandchildren, Jason, Chad (Shannon) Foust of Omro, and Bronson Foust of Winneconne, Ryan (Jessica) Ruddy of Grovetown, Georgia, Leigh Ann (Bjorn) Myhre of Tacoma, WA, David (Lynda) Gruen of Gilbert, AZ, Robert (Sarah) Gruen of River Hills, WI, Lori Ziebert of Waupaca, Jaclyn Ziebert of Madison, Nicholas Ziebert of Tampa Fl, Whitney Hoeft of Neenah and Casey Hoeft of Ashville, NC. She is also survived by 8 great- grandchildren.
Services will be held at First English Lutheran Church, 1013 Minnesota St., Oshkosh on Friday, May 2. Visitation will be from 3-5 pm, followed by a service. Her final resting place will be next to her husband Bob at Lake View Memorial Park Cemetery, Oshkosh, WI.
Special thanks to Compassus Hospice Service and Senior Stride Home Care.
In lieu of flowers, please feel free to donate to a charity of her choice in her honor.
Mona's childhood remembrances were of growing up during the depression on a farm with snow up to the wires, riding in a sleigh to school, no electricity, no running water or phones, swimming in the horse trough, baking bread using the kitchen wood stove, closing school for potato harvest while earning a penny per bushel, having dresses made from printed flour sacks and pitching a softball game winning 108 - 0. She still has the winning ball.
Living in a three generational home, her Norwegian born grandparents spoke Norwegian when they didn't want the kids to understand.
After a romantic courtship and a Christmas diamond ring, Mona married Robert Raimann March 1, 1947, in Waupaca. On Valentine's Day Bob found an apartment in Oshkosh but had to wait to obtain furniture. She was still using some of it.
Mona sewed prom and wedding gowns for her daughters, suit jackets for Bob, enjoyed countless hours of counted cross stitch and crocheted afghans. She made krumkakes, lefse, rosettes and lutefisk. She was a state champion bowler and once had a perfect 300 game. Mona claimed she never got a good deal but played a mean cribbage game. The adventurous side of Mona was active in the Oshkosh Campers Club, Oshkosh Snowmobile Club, Good Sam's RV Club, traveling to Norway, Hawaii, Germany, and all the US states except Alaska. She was an active member of First English Lutheran Church since 1958 and did volunteer work at the food bank, EAA, and the Grand Opera House.
Mona was preceded in death by her husband, Bob; her parents; sons-in-law, Ricky Hoeft and Kenneth Ziebert; sister, Lulu Belle (Herb)Tesch; brother, Leland (Lois) Thompson.
She is survived by her four daughters, Linda (Roger) Foust of Omro, Nancy (Craig) Ruddy of Redgranite, Sharon Raimann (special friend John Kaye) of Sun City, AZ and Joanne Raimann of Oshkosh; grandchildren, Jason, Chad (Shannon) Foust of Omro, and Bronson Foust of Winneconne, Ryan (Jessica) Ruddy of Grovetown, Georgia, Leigh Ann (Bjorn) Myhre of Tacoma, WA, David (Lynda) Gruen of Gilbert, AZ, Robert (Sarah) Gruen of River Hills, WI, Lori Ziebert of Waupaca, Jaclyn Ziebert of Madison, Nicholas Ziebert of Tampa Fl, Whitney Hoeft of Neenah and Casey Hoeft of Ashville, NC. She is also survived by 8 great- grandchildren.
Services will be held at First English Lutheran Church, 1013 Minnesota St., Oshkosh on Friday, May 2. Visitation will be from 3-5 pm, followed by a service. Her final resting place will be next to her husband Bob at Lake View Memorial Park Cemetery, Oshkosh, WI.
Special thanks to Compassus Hospice Service and Senior Stride Home Care.
In lieu of flowers, please feel free to donate to a charity of her choice in her honor.
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