~ IN MEMORY ~
Military veteran, DL Capt. Doug
Raasch
December 14, 1941 ~ March 16,
2016
Notification with the passing of retired
Delta pilot Captain Douglas LeRoy Raasch, age 74. Captain Raasch joined Delta
Air Lines 01-05-1970 and was based 030/PDX at the time of retirement in
2001.
To view/sign the online guestbook and to
view photos, please visit the funeral home website at http://www.waldofuneralhome.com/home/index.cfm/obituaries/view/fh_id/14981/id/3632701
Services will be held tomorrow March 21st
in Sherman TX.....please see information below.
Survived by his wife Sue personal
condolences may be sent to the family at
2617 Riata Drive , Sherman, TX
75092-4531 .... (903) 870-2073
Thank you,
~ Carol for the PCN
Obituary........................
Douglas LeRoy Raasch died at his home on
March 16, 2016 from complications from Parkinson's Disease and a non-Hodgkin's
lymphoma. A memorial service will be held at Covenant Presbyterian Church at 322
West Pecan Street on Monday, March 21 at 11 am.
Douglas was born in Indianapolis, Indiana
on December 14, 1941 to Edward and Grace Raasch. When he was in 2nd grade, his
family moved to Corpus Christi, TX. He graduated from Roy Miller High in 1960
then attended SMU and the University of North Texas, where he graduated in 1964.
While at North Texas, he was President of Lambda Chi Alpha
fraternity.
Immediately after graduation, Doug joined
the Navy as an officer candidate and began to pursue his lifelong dream of
becoming a pilot. While on a short leave from the Navy, Doug married his college
sweetheart, Martha Sue Ellis, on December 20, 1964 in Dallas, TX. While in the
Navy, during the Vietnam War, he served two tours on the aircraft carrier USS
Kearsage, based in Coronado, CA. The Navy life took them to many states,
including Florida, California and Texas. After the Navy, Doug began his career
as an airline pilot with Delta airlines and, after living in Chicago, Atlanta
and Dallas, Doug, Sue, Jeff, who was born in California and Maren, born in
Dallas, settled in Sherman.
While in Sherman, Doug, just to see if he could,
started a business, Textile Supply Company, marketing and manufacturing clean
room products for the tech industries, with offices in Sherman, Austin, El Paso,
and Phoenix, selling it after ten-plus years.
He was also involved with Hagerman National
Wildlife Refuge where a hiking trail is named for him. Doug was a true
Renaissance Man. He loved the outdoors, especially the Pacific Northwest, where
he and Sue had a condo as he finished his career with Delta. He loved chocolate,
carpentry, gardening, and George Strait and Willie, and cried over Bach. He
loved books and history, compiling a large library with special fondness for
Lincoln, Churchill and Theodore Roosevelt, yet developed a recent enthusiasm for
the Longmire stories and Dan Silva. Doug had a succession of beloved Labrador
Retrievers and designed two homes, with a real regret that he could live in the
current home such a short time. He had a passion for learning and had a wealth
of knowledge on just about any subject.
Doug is survived by his wife of 51 years, Sue,
son, Jeff Raasch and his wife Haley, daughter, Maren Doherty and her husband
Michael, sister Jan Schronk and brother-in-law Stacy, brother-in-law George
Ellis and his wife Anne, nieces and nephews, current Lab, Lizzie, and his
favorite grandson, Alex Doherty.
In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the
Parkinson Voice Project at TMC or Home Hospice of Grayson County where angels
live or Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge. Funeral Home: WALDO FUNERAL HOME - SHERMAN
619 N. TRAVIS ST. Sherman, TX 75090 ... (903) 893-1101
619 N. TRAVIS ST. Sherman, TX 75090 ... (903) 893-1101
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